November 19, 1987 - 10:02 PM

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Freddy Fazbear's Pizza, a beloved family dining establishment located just outside downtown Eastside has been sued. The famous restaurant was the site of a grisly accident this past Friday when an animatronic character fell onto a 32-year-old man's head, tearing apart his skull and a part of his brain, resulting in permanent brain damage.

The man's family has decided that a class action lawsuit would be the best course of action to take. The Brown family is just one of many that have run into accidents during a visit to Freddy Fazbear's.

Marjory Brown, Andrew's wife, was interviewed by our camera crew, "It hurts us to do this, it really does. Andy was a child at heart. Nothing made him happier than taking his two little angels to see Freddy Fazbear and his friends perform. He even managed a Pizza Time Theatre on the other side of town.

"Andrew was the light in my life. I know it's crazy, but in the back of my mind I'm thinking, 'Is this what he would have wanted? To see his favorite place in town go bankrupt? To have his favorite character forced into retirement? Accidents happen Margie. Let it go.'

"As sad as it is to think about, the damage done to everyone involved is just too much. My daughters are scarred for life. They barely even come out of their room anymore. The trauma is irreversible. Accident or not, we deserve a settlement."

Freddy Fazbear's Pizza has not made any statements yet regarding what sort of action they will be taking against the Brown family.

The Freddy Fazbear's Pizza company has had a very dark history when it comes to legal issues. In 1984, four children came down with severe E. coli poisoning due to undercooked meats and died as a result. Several other children contracted the foodborne illness, but did not sustain any long lasting negative effects. The parents of the unfortunate children who ate the undercooked food banded together and boycotted the restaurant, but the coallition never got off the ground due to the restaurant's pizza business and entertainment business being separate entities at the time. When the two businesses merged permanently, the quality of the food shot up as a result, but the quality of the shows and other entertainment options took a turn for the worse.

The following year, a child was injured while playing in a sky tunnel. The tunnel fell 9 feet and landed on solid concrete flooring due to a loosened screw. The child in question broke both legs and suffered a minor concussion due to the incident, but was otherwise unscathed. After a heated court period, Freddy's won the case by proving that the child, age 4, had been playing with the screws.

With a debilitating mutilation to add onto it's growing rap sheet, it would appear that Freddy Fazbear's Pizza is nearing the end of its lifespan. Some customers, like Michelle Sawsberry, a single mother of two, are pleased with this news:

"I think Freddy's was a horrible place to begin with. Like a nasty, run-down Chuck E. Cheese with no quality control. The robots were old and broken. Kids got sick off the food all the time. It was unsanitary and smelled like pure vomit all over the place. Why the health inspector has never shut this place down or even given it a violation is beyond me. Bribery much?"

Others, like local mother Sheri Williams, had this to say:

"I just think the idea that the fox fell is crazy. My kids have been hugging and dancing with him for years and he never seemed close to falling. Either someone pushed him or he tripped on something, it's not the restaurant's fault. People who say it was nasty there need to wake up. It's a kid's restaurant. Kids are nasty, believe me. No matter how much you clean, you can't keep everything smelling good all day. Just bring hand sanitizer!"

With plenty of loud voices on both sides of the debate, only one question remains: will Freddy Fazbear's really reopen? And if so, for how long?

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