‘She punched me over and over’: Dispute over custom cake topper turns violent at store
LAS VEGAS (KVVU/Gray News) - A Las Vegas cake shop employee says she was attacked by a customer over a disagreement involving a custom cake topper.
The employee, who asked to remain anonymous, said it happened on March 22 while she was working alone at an area cake shop.
She said the customer became upset after seeing the size of the custom cake topper she ordered.
“She had her dog with her and her daughter, and I told her that there were no pets allowed in the shop; she was visibly upset,” the employee said.
According to the cake shop worker, the customer became increasingly agitated over the size of the cake topper.
Moments later, the two ended up on the ground. Surveillance video from the store shows the customer and the employee violently fighting while the woman’s daughter and dog looked on.
“I just hearing her daughter scream, and as I was getting punched, I told her, like, ‘You’re doing this in front of your kid,’ and that’s when she yelled out, ‘It’s OK.’”
The employee said she suffered a bump on her head and whiplash. She missed several days of work and later went to the hospital, where she was diagnosed with neck strain and hematoma.
“He said a hematoma, like a bump on my head from where she punched me over and over again on the top of my head,” the worker said.
The employee filed a police report and said she is pressing charges against the customer.
Las Vegas police said a citation has not been issued, but they are actively looking for the customer.
The employee has since left the cake shop, saying she no longer felt safe at the store.
But perhaps the most painful blow, she said, is that the woman who attacked her still hasn’t been found.
“Justice would just be for her to be held able for what she did, jail time, I don’t know, fees. I mean, I missed three days of work,” she said. “That’s just not OK, and she left without her topper that she came in for, that she complained about.”
Police said the woman could face misdemeanor battery charges. They urge anyone with further information to call Crime Stoppers at 702-385-5555.
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