BRIDGEWATER— After the story of a former Marine and lesbian waitress who claimed she was left an anti-gay note in place of a tip caught worldwide attention, she promised she'd donate the replacement "tips" she started receiving from supporters to the Wounded Warrior Project.

But the organization, which supports injured service members, couldn't verify it had yet received any donations from Dayna Morales, who has been off the schedule at Gallop Asian Bistro since a couple claimed the note was a fake, Patch reports.

A representative of the Wounded Warrior Project was unable to find any donations listed under Morales' name, the zip code for Bridgewater (where she worked) or the zip code for Bedminster (where she lives), according to the report. The donations could have been made from a different zip code or via a third party, the report notes.

Wounded Warrior Project representatives have not responded to repeated requests by NJ.com for comment.

A spokesman for the Somerset County Prosecutor's Office said he could not address whether the office was looking into the possibility those gifts were accepted under false pretenses.

Restaurant manager Byron Lapola said Morales remains off the work schedule, at least temporarily.

"We're still waiting for the owners to finish their investigation," Byron Lapola, restaurant manager, told NJ.com this week. "It's pretty complex, so until then we're restraining comment."

Morales first posted her story to Facebook last month, including a photo of a receipt showing the tip space crossed out and the words "I'm sorry but I cannot tip because I do not agree with your lifestyle and how you live your life" written by hand in the margin, purportedly by customers.

But the customers have since come forward — albeit anonymously — telling NBC 4 New York they did leave an $18 tip on the $93.55 bill. The customers provided NBC with a credit card statement as well as their copy of the receipt showing the tip, according to the station's report.

Morales told NBC she was certain she received no tip, and said the handwriting on the check was not hers, standing by her story, the report said. BEGIN RELATED LINKS

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NBC News also reported that a Pentagon source said Morales was dismissed from the Marine Reserve Corps in May because she wasn't attending drills, and that Morales was formally discharged from the Marines under "less than honorable conditions."

Morales served in the U.S. Marines Corps Reserve from July 2009 through May 2013 in Newburgh, N.Y. as an administrative specialist, according to Yvonne Carlock, deputy public affairs officer for manpower and reserve affairs.

Carlock confirmed Morales was deployed to the Black Sea Rotational Force 11 in Romania from April through June 2012. Carlock said that Morales did not fulfill her reserve obligation, but noted that administrative actions such as dishonorable discharges are not releasable to the public.

Morales' story bears some similarity to that of a Tennessee Red Lobster waitress who claimed in September a customer scribbled the N-word on a receipt after writing "none" on a tip line. The customer later said he had never written the slur, and would sue the franchise, ABC News reported.

NJ.com has been unable to reach Morales since she was taken off the restaurant's work schedule.