Hear Cincinnati: Couple sues First Watch over a toxic cocktail; bar manager recovering after assault

This week on Hear Cincinnati, host Brian Niesz, WCPO reporter Lucy May, and Craft Brewed Sports podcast host Scott Kyser discuss Fiona bobble heads, "summer surge" of homelessness, the World Cup coming to North America, an online prank with a tragic result and more. 

Brian then talks with WCPO reporter Evan Millward and Brian Hall, a man who sued First Watch because he says they gave his wife a cup of toxic chemicals instead of green tea. 

Later, Brian talks with Japp's proprietor Molly Wellmann about bar manager Jen Watts who was seriously injured when she was assaulted by a stranger.

Listen to this episode in the player above.

Notable links: 

• More kids and families are homeless this summer
• Cincinnati could host 2026 World Cup
• Local gamer pleads not guilty in swatting death
• Suit: First Watch gave pregnant wife toxic drink
• Police ID suspect in Japp's manager attack

• 1:20 - The panel discusses homelessness, World Cup, "swatting" and more.
• 29:00 - WCPO reporter Evan Millard and Florence pastor Brian Hall talk about at toxic beverage served to Hall's pregnant wife.
• 41:45 - Japp's proprietor Molly Wellmann talks about an assault on bar manager Jen Watts.

You can read more about these stories at wcpo.com/hear.

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