“If she staged one,” Officer Kowalczyk said, “she staged them all.”
She did.
By Monday, the livestream had been viewed two million times.
Not the version Pamela wanted.
Somebody had downloaded it before her account was taken down. They cut the first eleven seconds and put them side by side with the Lakeview security footage. The hand. The ring. The push. The smile.
The title was: Influencer stages “bad employee” video, gets caught on her own livestream.
By Wednesday, three news stations had called Lakeview Foods.
By Friday, Caribou Coffee had pulled their footage from September. The barista in Hermantown. It showed Pamela pouring something into her own cup before she started filming.
The Super One on London Road pulled theirs from June. The cashier. It showed Pamela palming a twenty-dollar bill before she accused him of shortchanging her.
Both men got their jobs back.
Both companies issued public apologies.
