Louise Ogborn was forced to perform sex acts on a co-worker at McDonald's. Source: AP
FOUR months into her job flipping burgers at the downtown McDonald's, 18-year-old Louise Ogborn turned up for a shift which saw her doing nude star jumps, having her buttocks slapped and performing sex acts on a co-worker - all on the orders of her female boss.
Ogborn's ordeal was the result of a phone hoax which targeted managers at dozens of fast food outlets across America, and is now the subject of a new film.
In Ogborn's case, it was the gullibility of her manager, Donna Summers, which resulted in three hours of abuse and humiliation after Summers received a phone call from a man posing as a police officer.
"Officer Scott" claimed Ogborn had stolen a customer's purse and demanded Summers detain the young staffer until police arrived at the McDonald's restaurant, in the Kentucky town of Mt Washington.
Following the fake cop's instructions to the letter, Summers locked Ogborn in an office, took her car keys and phone, and then made the teenager strip so her clothes could be secured for later forensic examination, reports The Daily Mail.
Officer Scott's demands and Summers' willingness to carry them out didn't stop there.
Occasionally breaking down to beg Summer to let her go, the now-nude Ogborn held her hands up, danced, jumped and performed deep knee bends.
While another manager and two employees watched on, she was made to sit on the lap of Summers' 42-year-old fiance, who slapped the girl's bottom and demanded she perform a sex act upon him.
The bizarre scene only ended when maintenance worker, Thomas Simms, 58, refused to join in the abuse of Ogborn and called for an area manager to intervene.
The incident, which happened in 2004, resulted in convictions for sexual abuse and five years' jail for Summers and her fiance.
While Summers told prosecutors she "honestly thought" the hoaxer was a police officer, her victim said she obeyed the instructions because she was terrified of losing her $A6-an-hour job.
Ogborn sued McDonald's for $A185m and accepted an out-of-court payment of $A1m.
Seven people in all have been jailed for performing strip searches on their employees as a result of the hoax calls.
The alleged mastermind of the scam, David Stewart, was charged with impersonating a police officer, unlawful imprisonment and solicitation to commit sex abuse, but acquitted because of lack of evidence.
The film which recreates the incidents, Compliance, has opened in US cinemas.

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