‘How in the hell did SHE get arrested’: Bartender called cops on men who paid her to spike women’s drinks. Then they arrest her instead
A bartender was allegedly arrested after calling the cops on men who tried to spike drinks at her workplace. The reason why? She got all of the men to think she was in on the spiking.
@Tctgkp35855, a TikToker, posted a now-removed storytime of a situation that apparently took place in Texas. A woman would tell men that she would “spike” drinks for them in exchange for money. When the men paid her, she would pocket the cash and call the police, presenting them with evidence of the exchange.
But the woman allegedly ended up getting arrested for “entrapment.” Many commenters were left stunned, asking how law enforcement justified her arrest if she was bringing some men in her area to justice.
What constitutes entrapment?
According to commenters and @tctgkp35855, the Texas woman’s “community service was astounding.” But, she still allegedly got arrested for entrapment.
“ She was taking these guys off of the street and putting them in jail until one time she did it to a guy whose dad is the district attorney in the area. And he said, ‘no, we’re gonna go after the bartender for entrapment. She’s setting up these traps. That [is] totally unfair and we’re gonna make sure she goes to prison,’” @tctgkp35855 told her viewers.
A commenter on @tctgkp35855’s video added, “It’s not entrapment. She did not lead the men to want to spike the women. The men WANTED to spike on their own volition. She is doing community service…”
So, is this technically entrapment?
The answer is almost certainly no. Entrapment applies to law enforcement officers or those with enforcement power. By that definition, a private person wouldn’t fit the legal definition or criteria. There are other crimes she theoretically could have committed, however. She took money from the men and pocketed it, which can constitute theft.
Is this entire story fabricated?
Since this story is being reported by an outside source and not the woman who experienced it directly, we have no broader details about the situation described.
@Tctgkp35855’s video is not supported by any major, verified news reporting that we could find. The actual footage that the TikTok user shows in the video also appears to be unrelated to her claims.
For one, the arrest shown in the video is at a carnival, not at a bar. The woman in the video appears clearly intoxicated, with friends or passersby laughing at her arrest. There’s also visible evidence that the video isn’t actually correlated to the story. There’s a moment toward the end of @tctgkp35855 where the original post’s on-screen text appears.
The woman greenscreened in @tctgkp35855’s video appears to cut off some of the visible text, but the original description reads, “[illegible] the bride that gets [illegible] the night of [my] bachelorette.”
With all that in mind, it’s highly unlikely that this story happened, as we cannot verify any factual sources that cite a “vigilante” bartender getting men to confess to their drink spiking in the Texas area. Contrary to the woman’s claims, there does not appear to be social media posts coming to the supposed woman’s aid.
The Mary Sue reached out to @tctgkp35855 for more information.
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