<!-- SELECT storyid, pubdate, section, headline, byline, bodycopy, packageid FROM nwat WHERE (storyid='71375') -->Couple sues McDonald's over nude photos on Web! Husband left phone with wife's naked pictures at restaurant
SCOTT F. DAVIS / Northwest Arkansas Times
Posted on Saturday, November 22, 2008
A Bella Vista couple found out the hard way that when a wife sends nude pictures of herself to her husband's cell phone, these pictures can end up on the Internet.
Phillip and Tina Sherman filed a lawsuit Friday against McDonald's Corp.; Mathews Management Co., which owns the McDonald's franchise on Sixth Street in Fayetteville; and Aaron Brummley, a manager of the restaurant.
The Shermans seek more than $ 3 million in damages after nude photos of Tina Sherman were posted on a Web site and she received threatening and harassing text and phone messages, according to the lawsuit.
Phillip Sherman on July 5 left his cell phone in the McDonald's restaurant. His wife had previously sent nude pictures of herself to this cell phone for his own use, according to the complaint.
Brummley called Phillip Sherman's mother using this cell phone and said he would keep the cell phone until Phillip Sherman could come pick it up. Before Phillip Sherman could return to the restaurant to get the phone, his wife received text messages from his phone.
"I've seen your pictures Tina, I liked what I saw," one message stated, according to the complaint.
After Tina Sherman learned that it would take 72 hours to completely delete the photos from the site, she became more mortified, cried uncontrollably and continued to suffer emotional distress, the lawsuit claims.
Someone posted a message on the Web site that they needed to send the pictures to her son.
She also became very scared after someone left a voice message on her phone saying "I am going to find you and know what's gonna happen when I do."
Brummley refused to comment, referring the matter to company officials. McDonald's officials and franchise owners did not return messages seeking comment.
