Finger-in-Chili Woman Banned From Wendy's

AOL News ^ | 03/12/10 | David Knowles

[Baladas]

March 11) -- Anna Ayala will not be dining at a Wendy's restaurant anytime soon.

The woman who gained infamy in 2005 when she planted a severed finger in a bowl of Wendy's chili is out of prison. One of the conditions of her probation is that she never set foot in the fast-food chain again.

In her first interview since her release, Ayala admitted to CBS affiliate KPIX-TV that she had cooked the finger in a bowl of chili and later transferred it into a Wendy's container.

"I cooked it," she told KPIX.

Ayala said that, following a Wendy's recipe, she made the chili at her home in Las Vegas, froze it for several months, and eventually drove to a Wendy's restaurant in San Jose, Calif., where she pretended to find the finger in her meal.

[Baladas]

Suuuuuuuuuuuuure she's changed.

[nickcarraway]

Wasn’t there a Western film with a similar story line?

[Ramius]

Oh yeah... classic case.

Rossiter later testified in court that he lost the finger in a work accident and gave it to Ayala's husband to settle a $100 bet.

LOL... you just can't make this stuff up.

[historyrepeatz]

Finger lickin’ good.

[Pavegunner72]

after the big earthquake down there, I wouldn’t want to set foot in Chili, much less a finger. Wendy should be happy she is banned from there.

[Ramius]

"You want a toe? I can get you a toe, believe me. There are ways, Dude. You don't wanna know about it, believe me."

[Yardstick]

Yeah, I wonder what Wendy thinks of all this.

[Popman]

I remember this incident.

Wendy's claims they lost 21 million dollars from the bad publicity and many franchise owners were hurt badly.

Ayala was released from prison nearly a year ago after serving four years of a nine-year sentence.

I wonder how many years she would have gotten if she stole 21 million from Wendy's

Probably a lot more than the four years she cooled her heels on the tax payer dime

[PghBaldy]

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