The mother of Denise Darbeau, hospitalized since last Thursday says that her daughter was just a “fun loving” 24 year old who now has memory loss and could have permanent brain damage. Darbeau and her girlfriend, Rachael Edwards, unknowingly ordered and received a double whopper beatdown from McDonald’s employee, Rayon McIntosh.
Following a verbal altercation which Darbeau sealed by slapping McIntosh in his face, the two women — perhaps fantasizing themselves to be Thelma and Louise — then charged behind the counter to confront the cashier. Apparently, the scriptwriter forgot to give the female duo their desired ending and did not give McIntosh a copy of the script, because he responded as any normal person does when threatened, he snapped; er I mean he defended himself. It wasn’t pretty. And I am certain it wasn’t the ending that Thelma and Louise had in mind.
McIntosh’s mother said her son was just trying to get his life together. That is a statement with which many of his supporters agree, regardless of his past. Many also reiterate that he was not out in the street robbing people and looking for trouble — he was working. McIntosh is still being held on $40,000 bond and has a December 2 court date. Rayon McIntosh Defense Fund.