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Sky News AU
2 days ago
- Sky News AU
Three-year-old breaks $1,600 marble table at NJ café - and mum claims they couldn't leave until she handed over credit card
A New Jersey mom claimed she was held at a café against her will after her three-year-old daughter accidentally knocked over and broke a $1,600 marble table. The incident happened at the Hazelnut Cafe in Lavallette, where surveillance footage viewed by NJ Advance Media showed the little girl hitting the table with her foot while her mother, Kathy Denman, was waiting in line to pay for their coffee and ice cream, she said in a viral TikTok video. 'I was completely humiliated and embarrassed,' she said, adding that she's cried since the incident, which brought the nearly 110-pound marble table crashing to the ground. Denman claimed managers of the store told her she 'wasn't allowed to leave' until she forked over her driver's license and credit card information to pay for the table, despite 'immediately' offering to pay for the damage. It was not clear if she gave her credit card information to the café, but internet detectives quickly found the stately table in question at Anthropologie, where it retails for $1,598. Later on, she said, one of the café's owners told her on the phone 'Our policy is: You break it, you pay for it.' She said she stayed behind for another 20 minutes while customers helped pick up pieces of the broken stone tabletop. Nobody was hurt. Since the mishap, Denman, who lives in Pompton Plains, posted a statement on TikTok saying the café has since called to apologize for 'how our family was treated,' she wrote. 'We want to move forward peacefully and do not wish to comment on this matter any further.' Hazelnut Cafe posted a statement to its Instagram page giving its side of the story. 'Following the incident, we personally called the child's mother to express our concern, offer our support, and share our direct contact information should she need anything,' they wrote. 'As an added precaution, we have since removed all tables from our locations to eliminate any risk of a similar incident.' They claimed they didn't and would never hold anyone against their will, and said Denman was not charged for the damaged table. 'We are extremely grateful that the 3-year-old girl, her grandmother, mother and every customer who was present are safe and unharmed.' The Hazelnut Cafe is part of the Hazel Boutique, a home decor and clothing brand with four New Jersey locations. It's owned by twin sisters Kimberly and Jenna Campfield. Originally published as Three-year-old breaks $1,600 marble table at NJ café - and mum claims they couldn't leave until she handed over credit card
The Independent
2 days ago
- The Independent
New Jersey mom was mortified when toddler broke cafe's $1,600 table. She claims she ‘wasn't allowed to leave' until she handed over credit card
A New Jersey mom whose toddler broke a cafe's $1,600 table claims she 'wasn't allowed to leave' until she had handed over her credit card and driving license details to staff. Kathy Denman was at the Hazelnut Cafe in Ocean County on Sunday when her three-year-old daughter, Allie, accidentally pushed over the expensive marble table, according to a report. Denman said in a viral TikTok video that after the incident she was made to speak to the store's owner on the phone, who "kept repeating: 'Our policy is, you break it, you pay for it.'" The mom alleges she was kept at the restaurant for 20 minutes after the table was broken. According to it is 'not immediately clear' if Denman was asked to hand over her credit card details 'with or without prompting.' The owners of the cafe sisters Kimberly and Jenna Campfield, told NJ Advance Media that Denham had not been charged or even asked to pay for the damages and that she had only been asked 'for her contact information for insurance purposes.' The Campfields, told NJ Advance Media that they were "extremely grateful" that no one was hurt. 'Following the incident, we personally called the child's mother to express our concern, offer our support, and share our direct contact information should she need anything,' they said in their statement. 'We also want to be completely transparent: we would never hold anyone against their will,' they added. 'The mother was not charged for the damaged table, even after asking how she could make it right given the table broke. We requested her contact information for insurance purposes.' NJ Advance Media obtained surveillance video from inside the restaurant. It appears to show the child hitting the table with her foot before it crashed to the ground and shattered. 'I was completely humiliated and embarrassed,' Denman said in a TikTok video that went viral shortly after the incident. 'I've cried since.' Denman said in the immediate aftermath, her daughter was "frozen scared and nervous" and was made only more so by the reaction of the others in the restaurant. Denman later said in a written statement on TikTok that the Campfields had contacted her to apologize "for how our family was treated." She said she and her family had accepted the apology and wanted to "move forward peacefully." Her initial video was viewed more than 10 million times by the time her statement was added. The table is reportedly sold by Anthropologie, costs approximately $1,598, and weighs approximately 109.25 pounds. The Campfields told NJ Advance Media that they've removed similar tables from their restaurant and stores to avoid any future similar incidents.
Yahoo
2 days ago
- Yahoo
A 3-year-old breaks a $1,600 table. N.J. mom says café demanded her credit card.
A New Jersey mother whose 3-year-old daughter upended a nearly $1,600 marble table over the weekend at an Ocean County café claimed she 'wasn't allowed to leave' before handing over her driver's license and credit card information. 'I was completely humiliated and embarrassed,' Kathy Denman said in a viral TikTok posted shortly after the incident on Sunday. 'I've cried since.' Denman's daughter, Allie, accidentally pushed over the table at the Hazelnut Cafe in Lavallette while waiting for her mom to pay for their coffee and ice cream, she explained in the video. Surveillance footage of the incident shared with NJ Advance Media shows Allie apparently hitting the table with her foot, sending it crashing to the ground. As two other customers in the packed café help pick the table up, several pieces from its underside can be seen still lying on the floor. No one was hurt, but Allie was 'frozen and scared and nervous,' Denman said, 'and everybody's reaction definitely didn't help.' Denman said she spoke to one of the café's owners on the phone, who 'kept repeating, 'Our policy is: You break it, you pay for it.'' She said she remained in the café for about 20 more minutes. The Hazelnut Café is part of Hazel Boutique, a clothing and home decor brand with four locations in New Jersey. It is owned by twin sisters Kimberly and Jenna Campfield. In a statement to NJ Advance Media, they said they were 'extremely grateful' that everyone involved was safe. 'Following the incident, we personally called the child's mother to express our concern, offer our support, and share our direct contact information should she need anything,' they said. But they denied Denman's claim that she had been prevented from leaving the café. 'We also want to be completely transparent: we would never hold anyone against their will,' they said. 'The mother was not charged for the damaged table, even after asking how she could make it right given the table broke. We requested her contact information for insurance purposes.' It was not immediately clear if Denman had handed over her credit card information, either with or without prompting. In a brief phone call on Tuesday, Denman said she and her family were doing well. 'We're good,' she said, adding that they were leaving the Shore and returning home to Pompton Plains later that day. She did not return subsequent calls for comment. On Thursday, she posted a written statement to TikTok explaining that the Campfields had reached out to apologize 'for how our family was treated.' Denman said her family had accepted the apology and wanted 'to move forward peacefully' and without further comment. The video had amassed more than 10 million views by the time her statement was posted. Online sleuths had been quick to find the table, an Anthropologie console that retails for $1,598, as well as a since-deleted video posted by the café that appears to show it tilting as patrons lean on it. Denman said in her video that she'd learned the table weighed '600 pounds.' After NJ Advance Media reached out, Anthropologie updated its listing to show that it weighed 109.25 pounds. A company spokesperson did not respond to a question about whether the item was intended for dining use. The Campfields said in their statement that they had 'since removed all tables from our locations to eliminate any risk of a similar incident.' Thank you for relying on us to provide the local news you can trust. Please consider supporting with a voluntary subscription. AJ McDougall may be reached at amcdougall@ Follow her on X at @oldmcdougall. Solve the daily Crossword
