Girls Claim Universal's Halloween “Horror Nights” Employee Verbally Abused Them

Two girls say an employee at Universal's Halloween-themed attraction called them "hookers," "sluts" or "whores"

Two 13-year-old girls demanded Wednesday an apology from the Universal Studios Hollywood employee who they said verbally assaulted them by calling them "sluts," "hookers" or "whores" during "Halloween Horror Nights."

Sitting with attorney Gloria Allred, Kayla Beals and Roxy Fisher said in a press conference Wednesday they are hurt by the verbal taunts they captured on cellphone video.

"There were lots of people from our school there and maybe they could've heard it and, like, like spread something around the school that we were those things," Kayla said.

The female "Horror Nights" employee heard on the cellphone video appears to be part of Universal's "Purge the Anarchy" attraction, part of its special "Halloween Horror Nights." Universal Studios and NBC4 are owned by Comcast.

"Universal's Halloween Horror night was horrifying for reasons that they never could have foreseen or reasonably expected," Allred said.

When one of the girls' mother's says she tried to call Universal management, she claims she was denied access, promised a return phone call and told "all employees are very well-trained."

Three weeks later, the moms contacted Allred.

Universal Studios officials said in a statement they "take these issues very seriously" and are looking into them.

"This conduct does not reflect our values or our guest communication guidelines," the statement read. "We are reaching out to those involved and will deal with the situation appropriately."

Allred says her clients want a face-to-face apology, noting they're not seeking any compensation.

"We have no plan at this time to file a claim or to file a lawsuit," Allred said. "But we'd like them to do the right thing."

Universal's website strongly urges parents not to send children under the age of 13 to "Horror Nights," saying, "They'll will be exposed to extremely adult material."

It was not known if the girls read the statement before buying their tickets online, but their mothers admit that while they let their daughters go alone, they didn't expect it to be horrifying in another sense.

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