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A Florida mother is facing charges after she allegedly abandoned her 12-year-old daughter at a bar in Universal CityWalk while she went to enjoy drinks at another location, authorities revealed.
Amanda Thorpe, aged 33 and residing in Lake Mary, has been accused of child neglect. The charge stems from claims that she left her daughter at a bar to engage in drinking elsewhere, as reported by the Orange County Sheriff’s Office.
On Saturday night around 10:30 p.m., deputies were called to the CW Shoreline Bar following a report concerning a missing 12-year-old who had been left unattended, officials stated.
The arrest affidavit disclosed that deputies discovered Thorpe’s daughter, who appeared visibly distressed, crying, and seated alone on a bar stool.
According to deputies, Amanda Thorpe had left her daughter by herself at the CW Shoreline Bar before heading to another bar located in Universal CityWalk. (Orange County Sheriff’s Office)
Officials said someone at the bar made a comment that upset Thorpe, prompting her to leave and go to another bar along CityWalk.
The affidavit states that when Thorpe’s daughter said she wanted to return to the hotel because she was tired, Thorpe became “livid,” “displayed the middle finger, said, ‘F— you,’” and left the bar without her daughter.
Deputies later found Thorpe alone on the dance floor at the Red Coconut Club with an alcoholic beverage, police said.
Amanda Thorpe, 33, of Lake Mary, was charged with child neglect after allegedly leaving her 12-year-old daughter alone at a bar in Universal CityWalk, authorities said. (Orange County Sheriff’s Office)
According to the affidavit, Thorpe told deputies she did not realize her daughter was missing and “believed that she was with her the whole time.”
Thorpe later claimed her daughter was in the hotel room and not at CityWalk, the affidavit states.
Deputies said Thorpe had bloodshot eyes, was swaying and unsteady, and had a fruity odor on her breath, according to the report.
The girl’s grandfather later picked her up, authorities said.
Orange County deputies responded to a report of a missing 12-year-old girl at Universal CityWalk in Orlando, where police said the child had been left alone. (Katie Rice/Orlando Sentinel/Tribune News Service via Getty Images)
Thorpe was released on a $2,500 cash bond. She has pleaded not guilty to the charge.
Fox News Digital has reached out to Thorpe’s attorney for comment.
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