Assisted Living Workers Allegedly Ran a ‘Fight Club’ With Dementia Patients

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (CBS Local) — Three employees at a North Carolina assisted living facility are accused of running a fight club with elderly residents with dementia, police said.

Marilyn Latish McKey, 32, Tonacia Yvonne Tyson, 20, and Taneshia Deshawn Jordan, 26, are facing assault charges, according to a police report.

Court documents reveal that McKey is accused of pushing a 73-year old woman into her room at the Danby House in Winston-Salem. Authorities say that at the time, Tyson and Jordan filmed the encounter and did not help.

In a separate incident, court documents say that the 73-year old woman began to fight with a 70-year-old woman. All three women are accused of watching the fight, filming it and even encouraging it. […]

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