Arby’s Manager Facing Charges After Allegedly Throwing Hot Grease on Customer

An Alabama Arby’s manager is facing criminal charges and a civil lawsuit after she allegedly dumped hot grease on a drive-thru customer, leaving the victim with severe burns.

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In a follow-up statement posted on the police department’s Facebook page on Monday, detectives confirmed that 50-year-old Shea Denise Peoples was charged with first degree assault in the incident. {snip}

Shea Denise Peoples

Although police did not reveal the victim’s name, they did share that she is a woman in her early 30’s and that she is still at the hospital recovering from her second burns, which cover “a large portion of her body.”

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According to court documents, the victim in the incident filed a personal injury lawsuit on Monday that named the Peoples, Arby’s and others as the defendants.

Lawyer Ryan Canon, who works for the firm Morris Bart, LLC representing the victim, told WVTM that he was “shocked” by the alleged incident.

He also shared that the dispute seemed to happen after the victim, who was in the car with 11-year-old and 4-year-old daughters, ordered a milkshake. According to Canon, the manager then allegedly said some “impolite things” and “called (his) client a name.”

Canon said, “My client simply asked whether the employee would appreciate her being called that,” Canon said. “That is when the employee allegedly went back, got the grease and threw it on her.”

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