Drunk Mom Left ‘crying’ Daughter At Universal Resort Bar Because She Wanted To Go To The Club, Police Say

A Florida female was arrested Saturday aft constabulary opportunity she near her 12‑year‑old girl unsocial and upset astatine a Universal CityWalk bar and went to a adjacent nightclub.

Amanda Laurel Thorpe, 33, of Lake Mary, now faces a child neglect complaint aft deputies were called to nan CW Shoreline Bar astatine astir 10:30 p.m. Saturday aft unit and patrons reported a missing juvenile, according to nan Orange County Sheriff’s Office.

When officers arrived, they recovered nan preteen “visibly upset, crying, and sitting alone” astatine nan barroom located astatine nan three-block intermezo and shopping area adjacent to Universal Studios Orlando, nan affidavit, cited by News 6, reports.

“An unidentified patron of nan barroom stated thing that upset Amanda. Amanda past stated that she wanted to spell to nan Red Coconut Club, to which [REDACTED] responded that she wanted to spell backmost to nan edifice room because she was tired,” nan affidavit reportedly reads. “Amanda sewage livid pinch [REDACTED], displayed nan mediate finger, said, ‘(Expletive) you,’ and near nan CW Shoreline Bar without [REDACTED].”

Deputies later recovered Thorpe by herself connected nan creation level of nan Red Coconut Club pinch an alcoholic portion successful hand, nan study says. When questioned, she allegedly told deputies she believed her girl was pinch her nan full time, according to nan report.

Deputies, however, said Thorpe had red, bloodshot eyes and was unsteady connected her feet pinch nan smell of intoxicant connected her breath.

The child’s grandfather was contacted and picked up nan girl, and nan Department of Children and Families was notified of nan incident, according to rule enforcement reports.

Thorpe was granted a $2,500 enslaved and pleaded not guilty, according to online tribunal records, News 6 reported.

The Independent has contacted nan Orange County Sheriff’s Office and Universal for comment.