Pizza Hut manager, 31, is arrested for locking a 16-year-old employee in the bathroom and raping her after sending teen nude photos on Snapchat
- Former Pizza Hut manager Calvin Cooke, 31, allegedly raped a teenage employee
- He locked himself in a women’s bathroom with her before the attack, police said
- The ailing manager sent the high school several nude photos on Snapchat
A Pizza Hut executive has been arrested and charged with allegedly locking a 16-year-old employee in a women’s restroom and raping her after sending her explicit photos via Snapchat.
Calvin Cooke, 31, has been charged with sexually assaulting a minor, passing harmful information to a minor, unlawfully using a two-way communication device and contributing to a minor’s crime after allegedly assaulting her at the pizza hut he ran.
Local police were called to the restaurant in Kissimmee, Florida’s Osceola County, on Aug. 26 in response to an “on-going rape,” in which the ailing manager locked the door behind him after telling the girl, who was alone but had worked in the restaurant. a few weeks to the branch to clean the bathroom.
When the victim entered the bathroom, he followed her and closed the door. While in the bathroom, he engaged in sexual acts with the victim,” said Osceola County Sheriff Marcos Lopez, adding that Cooke knew the teen was a minor.
“This person’s actions are not only abhorrent and disturbing that words cannot describe, but they are also the betrayal and disruption of the trust we place in adults,” the sheriff said.
Calvin Cooke (pictured, center) was arrested on August 26 and charged with the alleged assault
Pizza Hut has since revealed that Cooke has been fired as manager
The alleged attack took place in the women’s room of a Pizza Hut branch in Kissimmee, Florida.
Cooke, who towered over the teen at six feet tall and weighed 240 pounds, reportedly started flirting with her over Snapchat before sending her nude photos.
The manager, who had worked at the branch for about seven months after she was transferred, also gave her fumes so she could puff.
The high school student, who has not been named, reportedly told detectives she was afraid of upsetting Cooke and losing her job.
Pizza Hut has since told MailOnline that he has been fired from his managerial role.
Cooke’s bail was set at $33,000 for the charges.
Police said they are also investigating whether Cooke was a serial attacker, and have asked anyone he may have attacked to come forward.
“We want to make sure he is held accountable if he committed these acts against anyone else,” Sheriff Lopez said.
A Pizza Hut spokesperson told MailOnline: ‘Pizza Hut takes these allegations very seriously and has been in contact with the franchisee who owns and operates the restaurant in question.
“The franchisee has decided to terminate the manager while they continue to cooperate with local authorities in their investigation.”