AKRON, Ohio (AP) - Police in northeast Ohio say they won’t file criminal charges in connection with a haunted house attraction where visitors complained that actors simulated raping them.
Springfield Township police said in a statement Wednesday that Akron Fright Fest actors had “used poor judgment” in October but that there was “no physical evidence to substantiate allegations of a crime being committed.”
An Akron couple says they were pushed onto a mattress where actors simulated rape. The couple has sued owner Jeremy Caudill and several Fright Fest employees, claiming they never signed waivers or consented to the treatment. They’re seeking $50,000 in damages.
Caudill has said he was appalled at the alleged behavior.
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