Survivor Lunch Lady Scandal

Denise Martin, the lunch lady from Survivor China, is being accused by the school she works for of lying about being demoted to "cleaning toilets." The show gave her a $50,000 check after she told her story of woe out of sympathy for her plight. I’m no legal eagle, but doesn’t that constitute fraud? EW reports:

Douglas, Mass. School Superintendent Nancy T. Lane said in a statement that Denise Martin actually got promoted from "cafeteria employee" to "custodian" — at a higher salary and with better benefits before she appeared on "Survivor." Lane says, "I watched my own jaw drop when [Martin] said that, because it’s absolutely not true."

Lane says that Martin apologized for the remarks she made on Sunday night’s show, but didn’t explain why she made them. Martin, who finished fourth in the show, can still have her job back and can apply for a daytime shift when she returns home. Mark Burnett Productions didn’t return a call for comment, and CBS said yesterday, "If these statements were misleading or false, we hope that she will take immediate and public steps to clarify her remarks."

Her friends are probably all saying, "I would have done the same thing. You deserve the money. Hey, love your hair-do. Is that a mullet?"