Karen slams Starbucks barista over coronavirus mask rule. Then he gets $30K in tips. The Karen says she wants some of the money raised.

A San Diego woman's Facebook post venting about being refused service at a local Starbucks because she wasn't wearing a mask ended up garnering massive support and over $30,000 for the barista she was trying to smear.

Amber Lynn Gilles posted a picture of the Starbucks barista Monday with the caption: "Meet lenen from Starbucks who refused to serve me cause I’m not wearing a mask. Next time I will wait for cops and bring a medical exemption."

As of Friday, Gilles' complaint had been commented on 133,000 times and shared nearly 50,000 times. Many were asking how they could send tips to the barista, whose name is Lenin Gutierrez.

So Matt Cowan, who said he doesn't know either Gilles or Gutierrez, started a GoFundMe to send virtual tips to the young barista. By Friday morning, it had raised over $30,000.

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For her part, Gilles, who started the incident with her post, said she wants some of the money and is threatening to sue the page creator for defamation and slande

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