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A Cinnabon employee who was fired after she was filmed racially abusing a Somali couple at a Wisconsin mall has been identified as a 43-year-old mom. Crystal Wilsey, from Oneida, Wis., is the woman at ...

Crystal Terese, a Cinnabon employee in Ashwaubenon, Wisconsin, was reportedly fired after a video depicting an alleged racist tirade against a Somali couple went viral online. However, netizens ...