A McDonald's franchisee is paying $4.35 million to settle a lawsuit from a worker who said she was raped by her manager when she was just 14

• A McDonald's worker in Pittsburgh said in a lawsuit she was raped by her manager when she was 14.
• The lawsuit says her employer didn't take action after she tried to report the harassment she experienced.
• McDonald's franchisee Rice Enterprises is paying $4.35 million to settle the suit, first filed in 2021.

A McDonald's franchisee has agreed to pay $4.35 million to settle a lawsuit from a worker in Pittsburgh who said she was raped by her manager, a registered sex offender, when she was 14.

The case reached a settlement last Monday. The minor's family had filed a lawsuit against both McDonald's and Rice Enterprises, the eight-unit franchise business operating the restaurant she worked at, in September 2021.