Photo of Easter Bunny accused of injuring child at Lakeline Mall in Texas.
Posted on 03/25/2008 5:58:32 AM PDT by ShadowDancer
911 Tapes Released in Case of 8-Month-Old Injured While Visiting Mall Easter Bunny
Tuesday, March 25, 2008
A Texas man who plays the Easter Bunny at Lakeline Mall says accusations that he purposely threw a child off his lap during a photo session are false and it was all a misunderstanding, MyFOXAustin reports.
Officials have released two 911 calls made right after the incident happened.
Paul Clough was arrested Friday after he became irritated while posing with children for photographs and allegedly placed an 8-month-old baby on the ground. Sometime during that process, the baby was injured and suffered a bruise to his forehead, MyFOXAustin reports.
Police are still investigating if the injury was accidental or intentional. The baby's parents took him to the hospital, where he was treated and released.
"We don't want to charge someone without having all the facts," Austin Police Sgt. Brian Loyd told MyFOXAustin.
Police say the Child Abuse Unit is interviewing the crowds of witnesses who were waiting in line, as well as collecting pictures of injuries and surveillance tapes, MyFOXAustin reports.
Several parents waiting in line for pictures say the child's mother was upset.
"The stories are conflicted about what happened with the child," Loyd told MyFOXAustin. "There are so many different reports. I've heard that he pushed the child down, that he dropped the child, tripped with the child."
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Photo of Easter Bunny accused of injuring child at Lakeline Mall in Texas.
Guilty... ; )
It sort of bothers me that the guy was arrested on outstanding warrants. I’m going to hope they were traffic violations...
I took my son when he was about 3 yrs old to see one of those Easter Bunnies at the mall. Jon didn’t like him at all & head banged the poor bunny. I still can remember the bunny’s head rolling around. Thankfully he didn’t push my son off his lap & I have a great picture in my album. I did feel very sorry for the bunny . I never expected my child to behave like that. My oldest daughter as a toddler peed on Santa’s lap. I don’t think my children liked Santa or the bunny too much so I just stopped going to the mall for those pictures.
I’d hit it.
Ping
Your mall ping..
You’re scary.... :p
The bunny was probably overcome with dust and fine debris in the air from the endless mall renovation. It’s a miserable place to work while they rip up the old tile. Everyone is coughing and the merchandise is getting ruined.
The wife and I were there not long ago, and we couldn’t believe all the renovation being done. The mall isn’t all that old anyway. I guess someone has more money than sense.
We’ve been in our house for over 17 years, and the only thing we’ve done was to get rid of the carpet because of the dust it causes.
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