{"id":2915,"date":"2026-06-27T11:36:38","date_gmt":"2026-06-27T11:36:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/homebuyerrelocation.com\/?p=2915"},"modified":"2026-06-27T11:36:38","modified_gmt":"2026-06-27T11:36:38","slug":"ex-arbys-manager-charged-with-felony-after-lawsuit-alleges-customer-contracted-herpes-from-food","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/homebuyerrelocation.com\/?p=2915","title":{"rendered":"Ex-Arby\u2019s manager charged with felony after lawsuit alleges customer contracted herpes from food"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p>An Oklahoma woman and her family have filed a lawsuit against Arby\u2019s after a former manager allegedly spat in her food while knowingly suffering an active herpes outbreak \u2014 an incident that has since resulted in felony criminal charges.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/homebuyerrelocation.com\/?p=2913\">Hollywood gets into the microdrama race as mobile-first storytelling draws stars and major studios<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Amanda Hendricks, 38, is accused in court documents of spitting on the meat or sandwich components while preparing an order for Jennica Church at the Arby\u2019s drive-through in Broken Bow, Oklahoma, on March 28. Ms. Hendricks was subsequently arrested and booked into the McCurtain County Jail on a charge of poisoning food with intent to injure, a felony.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>According to an affidavit cited by local outlets, Broken Bow police obtained surveillance video from the restaurant and concluded Ms. Hendricks had spat into sandwiches prepared for Ms. Church. Investigators said the footage shows Ms. Hendricks handling sandwich meat while working a slicer, allegedly lowering her head toward the meat as saliva falls from her mouth onto the food.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Ms. Church told Tulsa-based station KJRH that she had stopped at the restaurant after a long night of bartending.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was taking a little bit of time,\u201d she said. \u201cI thought they were mad at me because it was about to close.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The two women knew each other and had a minor history, though Ms. Church said it was nothing significant.<\/p>\n<p>The civil complaint, filed June 16 in McCurtain County District Court, alleges that Ms. Hendricks \u201cintentionally and deliberately spit on the meat or sandwich components\u201d while preparing Ms. Church\u2019s order, and that at the time she knew she had Herpes Simplex Virus Type 1 (HSV-1) and had \u201can active herpes outbreak with visible lesions.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ms. Church ate one sandwich as she pulled out of the parking lot, then brought the remaining food home to her family, including her grandmother-in-law, who was in hospice care. According to the civil complaint obtained by People, she also shared food with her husband, her husband\u2019s father, and their children.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The lawsuit alleges Ms. Church developed symptoms after eating the sandwich, including a lesion or cold sore on her lip, and that she subsequently tested positive for HSV-1. Whether the alleged food contamination caused that diagnosis has not been determined by a court or medical authority. Ms. Church connected the infection to Ms. Hendricks after learning through her daughter that Ms. Hendricks had allegedly been bragging around the small town about spitting in the sandwiches.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/homebuyerrelocation.com\/?p=2911\">Teens toss fireworks into crowd at Alethia Tanner Park\u2019s movie event<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The lawsuit further alleges that when the family confronted the restaurant with information about the surveillance footage, staff attempted to cover up the incident and pressured the family to accept free sandwiches as compensation. According to the complaint, Ms. Church\u2019s grandmother-in-law was separately offered $5 as compensation for what the lawsuit describes as \u201ca permanent, incurable viral infection.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In addition to Ms. Hendricks, the civil suit names Arby\u2019s of Broken Bow, RB ARK Restaurants, LLC, and Flynn Restaurant Group, LP as defendants. The family\u2019s attorney, Will Blocker, condemned the other employees present that night for their silence.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey let it go all the way out the door, and my client now has a communicable disease,\u201d Mr. Blocker told KJRH. \u201cThat has to be a culture deeper than Arby\u2019s in Broken Bow, Oklahoma. Maybe it\u2019s Flynn Restaurant Group and all 300 stores they own. I don\u2019t know, but we are going to find out.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The civil lawsuit further alleges that the restaurant allowed Ms. Hendricks to work despite her active outbreak with visible lesions, and that Ms. Church now \u201clives in constant fear\u201d that she will transmit the virus to her husband or their children.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The family is seeking compensatory damages, including medical expenses and damages for physical pain and suffering. Arby\u2019s has confirmed Ms. Hendricks is no longer with the company. The restaurant did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the broader allegations. It was not immediately clear whether Ms. Hendricks has retained an attorney. She was scheduled for arraignment Wednesday, according to KXII.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><em><br \/>\n                          This article was constructed with the assistance of artificial intelligence and published by a member of The Washington Times&#8217; AI News Desk team. The contents of this report are based solely on The Washington Times&#8217; original reporting, wire services, and\/or other sources cited within the report. For more information, please read our AI policy or contact Steve Fink, Director of Artificial Intelligence, at sfink@washingtontimes.com<br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><br \/>\n                          The Washington Times AI Ethics Newsroom Committee can be reached at aispotlight@washingtontimes.com.<br \/>\n                      <\/em><\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/homebuyerrelocation.com\/?p=2909\">House committee advances bill to ban lawmakers from government-related bets on prediction markets<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An Oklahoma woman and her family have filed a lawsuit against Arby&#8217;s after a former manager allegedly spat in her food while knowingly suffering an active herpes outbreak, an incident that has since resulted in felony criminal charges.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2914,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,131],"tags":[1856,1858,1857],"class_list":["post-2915","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-spotlight","tag-amanda-hendricks","tag-arbys","tag-jennica-church"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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