Alleged Cheddar's attacker loses bond after new assault charge
Mar 24, 2025
MEMPHIS, Tenn. -- A woman accused of attacking a teenager at a Cheddar's nearly two years ago had her bond revoked after being charged in a drive-thru attack at a McDonald's.
Kaitlin Brantley was one of four people charged with assault after then-17-year-old Omarion Ford was badly beaten while wo
rking as a host at the Cheddar’s on North Germantown Parkway.
Kaitlin Brantley has her bond revoked after being arrested in a second restaurant attack (SCSO)
The attack was caught on camera.
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The Shelby County District Attorney's office said Brantley's violent behavior in both incidents demonstrated a clear and ongoing pattern of dangerous conduct and that she posed a danger to the community.
Police said last month, Brantley got upset about her order at the McDonald's on Mendenhall, climbed through the window, beat the manager, and damaged property.
The mother of the teenager attacked at Cheddar's, Latisha Ford, said she reached out to the McDonald's manager on Facebook and she spoke during Brantley's report date last week for the Cheddar's case.
She said not only was Brantley's bond revoked, but it appears possible plea deals are off the table.
"She really needs some time to think about the things that she does and the things that she does to people and how she affects people's lives with the bad decisions that she makes," Latisha Ford said.
Omarion Ford said he wasn't surprised to hear Brantley had been arrested again for a similar incident.
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"It's like she's not learning from what she did to me," he said. "It's crazy she is going to other people's jobs and destroying stuff and fighting people."
Ford said he still wasn't sure why he was attacked over a table in 2023 but said Brantley was the primary aggressor.
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Ford told WREG that he continues to suffer from anxiety, doesn't like going out in public, and was shaking in court. He said he just wanted justice and was grateful the McDonald's victim spoke at the hearing.
"For her to come to tell her side of the story actually helped me," he said. "They probably would have continued to give them a deal."
Brantley is charged with assault and vandalism in the McDonald's case. She is scheduled to be back in court on April 24. ...read more read less