Waitress in Anti-Gay Note Dispute Was Dishonorably Discharged From Marines: Source | NBC New York
wednesday, Nov 27, 2013
Former co-workers and friends of Dayna Morales are speaking out. While the waitress is sticking to her story that she was stiffed of a tip because of her gay lifestyle, some people from her past claim this is not the first time she's duped others. Brynn Gingras reports.
The New Jersey waitress whose story has been questioned after she claimed she received an anti-gay note instead of a tip on a restaurant bill was dishonorably discharged from the Marines last spring after she stopped showing up, NBC 4 New York has learned.
Others who say they knew her tell NBC 4 New York there were things about her background that didn't seem to add up.
A woman who says she and Morales worked together at a Cheesecake Factory in Nyack, N.Y., last year said Morales told coworkers she had brain cancer.
"She came in with her hair shaved because she wanted to shave it herself before she lost it," said Jacqie Fitzpatrick.
Fitzpatrick said Morales also leaned on the cancer story to accept offers of help from friends at work.
Then, she abruptly quit, according to Fitzpatrick, and her coworkers didn't see her again until she appeared in news reports about the receipt.
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