UNDATED: Dayna Morales, who works at the Gallop Asian Bistro in Bridgewater, N.J., says she was left...

1. Who stiffed who? Wounded Warriors has no record of
donation from lesbian waitress accused of tip hoax
UNDATED: Dayna Morales, who works at the Gallop Asian Bistro in Bridgewater, N.J., says she was
left a note criticizing her "lifestyle" instead of a tip.MyFoxNY.com
The lesbian waitress who claimed she received an anti-gay note in lieu of a tip promised to donate
the subsequent gratuities that poured in to the Wounded Warrior Project -- but the veterans
organization reportedly can't verify it had received any donations from Dayna Morales.
Morales, a 22-year-old former Marine, claimed last month that a family of four who racked up a
$93.55 bill at the Gallop Asian Bistro in Branchburg, N.J., left her no tip, only a note saying they
couldn't leave any extra cash for her service because they "do not agree with your lifestyle."
Morales quickly emailed the story to a gay advocacy website and later posted a photograph of the
purported check on her Facebook page. The alleged incident made national headlines and resulted
in thousands of dollars being donated to Morales, who said she would send all proceeds to the
Wounded Warrior Project. But a representative of the Florida-based charity could not confirm
Morales had made any donations as of Wednesday, Bridgewater Patch reports.
A representative for the nonprofit group that caters to veterans returning from overseas checked for
donations by Morales' name and within the ZIP codes for Bridgewater, N.J., where she worked, and
Bedminster, where Morales said she lives, and was unable to locate any correlating donations. The
donations may have been made from a different ZIP code or by a third-party, the representative told
the website.

2. Morales, who served in the U.S. Marine Corps Reserve from July 2009 through May 2013 in
Newburgh, N.Y., as an administrative specialist, could not be reached for comment. Restaurant
manager Byron Lapola told NJ.com earlier this week that she remains off the schedule, at least
temporarily.
"We're still waiting for the owners to finish their investigation," Lapola told the website. "It's pretty
complex, so until then we're restraining comment."
The couple accused of leaving the note for Morales has since denied doing so, telling NBC 4 New
York they did in fact leave an $18 tip on the $93 bill. The unidentified couple also provided the
station a credit card statement that indicated the tip, according to the report.
NBC News has also reported that a Pentagon source said Morales was dismissed from the Marine
Reserve Corps in May because she was not attending drills and that she was discharged under "less
than honorable" conditions.
Several of Morales' acquaintances also since questioned her credibility. Kristina Calamusa, who
described herself as a former friend of Morales, told The Daily Caller late last month that the
waitress claimed to her that she was "blown up by a land mine overseas."
But, according to Calamusa, that story was false; Morales was never on active duty. The Journal
News of White Plains, N.Y., has also quoted acquaintances of Morales who say she lied about her
military service.
Julie Howat and Karolee Larkin, both 23, related to the newspaper a story Morales supposedly told
them about her serving in Afghanistan and surviving an explosion that killed everyone in her
platoon, leaving her as the unit's sole survivor. But Maj. Shawn Haney, a spokesman for the Marines,
said in an email to The Journal News that while Morales did serve in the Marines Corps reserve from
July 2009 to May 2013, there's no indication in her record of combat service in Afghanistan or Iraq.
"While (Morales) did not fulfill her reserve obligation, per the Privacy Act, administrative actions are
not releasable," Haney said. "The same applies to character of service and type of discharge."
That's not all Morales has allegedly concocted about her past, acquaintances said.
"She said that her dad raped her and got her pregnant," Kiersten Bremer told The Daily Caller News
Foundation. When Morales failed to produce a child, she told Bremer and other friends that she had
cervical cancer which spread to the baby, killing it, Bremer claims.
Bremer says Morales later admitted she fabricated the entire story.
Another story comes from a day care center where she once worked, when she told co-workers that
Superstorm Sandy so badly damaged her former home in Stony Point, N.Y., that a boat tore through
the living room, The Journal News reported. Concerned friends who stopped by the house found only
minor damage to the carpet by the front door and no indications of the catastrophic damage Morales
described.
"Every story she comes up with has a lie," Howat said.