my man's trip to a popular restaurant
ended with him seeking emergency dental
care and what he alleges he bit into
while eating a steak dinner surprised us
and now the restaurant is responding to
this man's claims consumer investigator
Hank Winchester joins us in Hank what
does this man think was in mistake yeah
this one will have people talking
because he believes at least what he is
alleged and put in this sworn affidavit
that he found what he thinks is a piece
of metal that he could believe is a
fragment of a bullet now the popular
chain restaurant is firing back saying
that is just not possible so tonight we
present both sides of the story
take a look metal fragments pellets
resembling a bullet severe pain tooth
extractions all the allegations laid out
in this affidavit of Terrell Cooper a
man who says his trip here to the
Outback Steakhouse left him in severe
pain it's been terrible a month off from
work running to you no appointments and
making sure that I'm okay it was July
28th mr. Cooper was dining alone here
and stopped at the Outback Steakhouse on
Miller Road in Flint
he ordered a 10 ounce ribeye the meal
looking just like this one Cooper claims
as he was finishing the boneless ribeye
he took one bite that created big
problems I just want justice
Cooper's Dennis writes after an
examination that a tooth was fractured
and that tooth along with another needed
to be extracted right away Cooper as a
result of biting into what he believes
was a bullet or fragments of a bullet
had to leave work he had two teeth
extracted several medical tests done to
investigate what he calls in the
affidavit severe pain throughout his
upper and lower teeth gums and
intestines Cooper's attorney is Michael
Rotty this has caused severe pain it's
obviously shock and he said difficulty
sleeping difficulty going to two
restaurants and then subsequently he
remembered that he had actually
swallowed some of the metal according to
legal experts mr. Cooper did make one
major mistake in this process he handed
over all of that potential evidence to
the manager I would want to keep a
portion so that I would
be in a position at a later point in
time to have some sort of examination
forensic or medical of the fragments
themselves so we can make some kind of
determination as to exactly what it was
that he did into we're now told by
corporate whatever the object was was
not tested but instead thrown away by
staff at that location
Outback corporate has responded issuing
this statement quote we have thoroughly
examined this claim and found no
evidence that this came from our
restaurant we take food quality
seriously and are committed to serving
high quality food in a warm and
welcoming environment Outback does have
other concerns they include social media
post showing mr. Cooper at Disney one
week after his visit to Outback they
also questioned his dental exam from
2012 which shows the tooth that was
fractured needed to be removed
mr. Cooper says instead of having that
tooth removed he had it repaired at the
time he maintains the metal shavings
caused it to fracture ro body says his
client has worked as a truck driver for
years he makes good money and he's
sharing his story in hopes of protecting
other customers I work hard and I and I
like to eat what I want to eat and is
there's nothing for me to to prove
anybody as far as you know my integrity
is concerned now we are told the manager
on duty that day took the steak off the
bill after hearing about mr. Cooper's
claims the next day another
representative from that location sent
an email to mr. Cooper apologizing for
any discomfort and notifying him that
his information was being passed on to
the company now handling that claim so
where do things stand now there's a lot
to this then there certainly is and
that's why we wanted to present both
sides of the story essentially mr.
Cooper feels that he should be
reimbursed for medical bills if they
don't come to some sort of a resolution
there's the possibility that they may
take legal action of bile a suit against
Outback for those damages but the
missing evidence to the whole thing so
it makes this come notice to everybody
if you're in a situation like that or
any situation you know similar you
should always at least keep a portion of
that take a photo ID do something so you
have some proof then you can go back
can share that information with your
attorney or with the company because in
this case he gave it to the manager in
the garage okay he doesn't have it yep
all right