"Deception about alcohol content is dangerous to consumers, and it's a serious concern for the FTC," said David Vladeck, Director of the agency's Bureau of Consumer Protection in a news release issued October 3. The Federal Trade Commission also expressed concerns last year because it said Four Loko was marketed as a single-serving beverage but contains as much alcohol as 4-5 beers. The maker voluntarily reformulated the drink to remove the caffeine and other stimulants, but it still contains up to 12-percent alcohol.
"I just want them to find these guys so they don't hurt anybody else again," she said.įour Loko came under strong pressure from the Food and Drug Administration in 2010 for its high combination of alcohol and caffeine.
She said the level of alcohol contained in the fruity beverage is not immediately apparent to an inexperienced drinker - and could be considered equivalent to a date-rape drug. Some of the reasons Mutua cited for these incidents included women neglecting their husbands, single fathers bringing up their daughters, alcohol and evil spirits. In addition to wanting arrests in the case, the mother told ABC11 she'd like to see Four Loko taken off the shelf. "But I just can't right now because he stole my baby's virginity. "I want to be able to forgive this man one day," said the mother. The baby is only half the story for Laura, Charlotte, Charlie and Alisha, the four teens showing what life is like when they swap school books for sleepless nights in MTV’s brand new series. The girl said that her friend was under the powerful influence of Four Loko. The teen managed to escape but not before all three guys allegedly raped one of her other friends. When she came to, she said the same man was raping her. So she opened the door and then passed out. However, one of the guys threatened to shoot her if she didn't come out. Her daughter sensed her surroundings had gotten out-of-control and locked herself in a bathroom. "They drank another kind of beer and the girls got drunk really quick." "The guys didn't drink this drink," said the mother.
The malt-liquor based drink has about as much alcohol as four 12-ounce cans of beer. His parents further complicated the matter by. The girl's mother said the guys gave the underage girls Four Loko. I had been married to my husband for a year, but it was a struggle as he only married me because I got pregnant. All she was trying to do was protect those other girls," said the mother. When they showed up, the girls followed them to an apartment in Holly Springs. That's when one of the girlfriends called her friends, who happened to be three guys. The mother said the trouble began last Saturday night after the teen met up with two other girlfriends at a McDonald's restaurant on New Bern Avenue in Raleigh. They chose the latter and have left the village for an unknown destination.ABC11 is not identifying either the mother or her daughter because of the nature of the allegations. In the past they would have to be killed but today we cannot do it because we are afraid of the police.” He warned them to break off their marriage or leave his village. Otherwise they will accuse her of promiscuity.”īut local headman Nathan Muputirwa says: “We cannot allow this to happen in our village, mashura chaiwo aya, (This is a bad omen indeed). “It is better to publicise what is happening because people should know that I am the one who made my mother pregnant. “I know my father died before he finished paying the bride price and I am prepared to pay it off,” he said. “Let me enjoy the products of my sweat,” she told the village court.įarai said he was more than prepared to marry his mother and would pay off the ilobola balance his father had left unpaid to his grandparents. Now you see that my son is working and you accuse me of doing something wrong. “Look, I strove alone to send my son to school and no one helped me. She said after spending a lot of money sending Farai to school following the death of her husband, she felt she had a right to his money and no other woman was entitled to it. She confirms that she is six months pregnant and that she has decided it is better to “marry” her son because she does not want to marry her late husband’s young brothers, whom she says are coveting her.īetty stunned a village court last week when she said the affair with her son had begun three years earlier. Betty Mbereko (40), who was widowed 12 years ago, has been cohabiting with her first child, Farai Mbereko (23). And now they want to marry since the mom is six months pregnant and expecting her son’s first child. A mother and her son have done the unthinkable – they have fallen in love with one another.