Ohio kidnap hero Charles Ramsey DOESN'T want free burgers for life that have been offered to him from 14 restaurants

Charles Ramsey has stated that he does not endorse a group of local Ohio restaurants offering him free burgers for life

Ramsey became a national hero when he helped rescue three women who had been trapped inside Ariel Castro's Cleveland home for year

Ramsey says he never gave the restaurants permission to use him name on promotional products

The man who famously put aside his Big Mac to help rescue three women trapped in Ariel Castro’s Cleveland home for 10 years said he's not endorsing a group of restaurants that are offering him free burgers for life and wants his name kept out of it.



'I never told these people they could use my name for this,' Charles Ramsey said in a written statement released through attorney, Patricia Walker.

The restaurant where Ramsey worked as a dishwasher initially created a special burger named his honor, called the Ramsey Burger. Then more than a dozen area eateries had decided a larger tribute was due.

Ramsey said he doesn't endorse the northeast Ohio restaurants that are offering burgers bearing the Ramsey name, or that are promoting a lifetime of free burgers for him.

The owner of the restaurant group said in a statement Friday evening that it will drop the burger from the menu, The (Cleveland) Plain Dealer reported.

'We are saddened to hear that Chuck did not take this — or the offer of so many Cleveland restaurants to give him free meals — in the spirit we intended,' Scott Kuhn of the Driftwood Restaurant Group said in a statement, the newspaper reported.

A statement from Ramsey's attorney said he did not authorized any merchandise.



'Ramsey encourages people to do things that will help the victims,' the statement said.



Ramsey was called a hero after helping Amanda Berry, Gina DeJesus and Michelle Knight break out of Ariel Castro's house May 6.

