LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (Legal Newsline) -- An Arkansas woman is suing a restaurant and a waitress for allegedly cyber-attacking her business after the waitress was not happy with a $4 tip left for her.
Sheila Hayes filed a complaint on July 31 in Pulaski County Circuit Court against Cantina Loredo Little Rock, L.P. and Tracey LeeAnn Williams
According to the complaint, Williams was employed as a waitress for Cantina Laredo Little Rock. On, July 31, 2018, at approximately 1 p.m., Hayes, her three sons and an employee of Hayes' business chose to patronize Cantina Laredo. Hayes' party dined, paid and left a $4 tip on a $64 check.
Within two hours of leaving, Hayes began receiving Facebook notifications via her phone. Thinking the alerts were personal Facebook messages, she silenced them. Hayes was then notified, by phone calls, that her business “Taste of Elegance” Facebook page was under cyber-attack by derogatory reviews/ratings of her business, to the point her rating dropping from 5 star to a 2 star in a matter of hours, the suit claims.
At approximately 10 p.m., Hayes received a private message via the Facebook messenger, from an individual advising, “Waitress Tracey LeeAnn Willams at Cantina Laredo had created a hate group to bash Taste of Elegance" because she wasn’t satisfied with the tip that was given.
Hayes seeks a total of $400,000 in damages, attorney's fees and cost of suit. Hayes is represented by Willard Proctor, Jr.
Circuit Court of Pulaski County, Arkansas Division, Civil Division case number 60CV-21-4673