Taylor’s bartender accused of drugging women’s drinks
He’s currently under investigation
A bartender at Taylor’s bar has been accused by five women of tampering with their drinks.
Four incidents happened while he was a bartender and one while he was a patron at the restaurant between May and October.
According to Register-Guard, he is currently under investigation for causing another to ingest a controlled substance but has not been charged.
The accused man reportedly worked in the ‘back bar’, where the affidavit states the CCTV camera had been pointed towards the wall. It’s unclear whether any of the incidents were caught on camera prior to this.
The first report was made on May 18. A 22-year-old and her two friends claim to have been given a ‘cloudy’ shot in Fathom’s Bar and Grill and subsequently had no memory of the rest of the evening. She reported the ‘frightening’ incident to the police.
One of the two girlfriends returned to Taylor’s the next day and was given a free whiskey shot by the accused bartender. She told the police she woke up the next morning in a strangers house with no memory of how she got there.
A 21-year-old woman reportedly ordered a ‘small cup of beer’ on September 17th at Taylor’s from the accused bartender. She woke up ‘extremely disoriented’ in the night and was unable to communicate with her boyfriend, who had to help her back to bed.
On September 23rd, a 21-year-old woman was allegedly attacked after drinking at Taylor’s. She said the final drinks of the evening caused, ‘a level of intoxication and confusion inconsistent with the level of alcohol she’d consumed’. She was then unable to ask for help when she found herself being touched by a stranger.
Another 21-year-old woman went to Taylor’s on October 8th. She reported not remembering leaving the bar and having a ‘fuzzy memory of walking home’ after buying a drink from the accused bartender. She had to be taken to the hospital in an ambulance after falling in a parking lot on her way back to her apartment and becoming ‘unresponsive’.
More details to follow.