Charles Ramsey No Burgers: Cleveland Hero Turns Down Free Burger Offers, Does Not Endorse ‘Ramsey Burgers,’ Denounces Taiwan Video Game

Charles Ramsey has decided not to accept the offer from more than a dozen Cleveland-area restaurants to give him free burgers for life, according to The Cleveland Plain Dealer.

As Mstars previously reported:

"More than a dozen Cleveland-area restaurants have vowed to gift Ramsey with free burgers for the rest of his life in honor of his heroic actions, according to The Cleveland Plain Dealer. The idea was actually inspired by Ramsey himself because he was eating a Big Mac before he rescued the women.

He stopped his meal to get involved and help Amanda Berry and her daughter, along with Gina DeJesus and Michelle Knight, escape his neighbor's home."

Furthermore, Hodges Restaurant, where Ramsey works as a dishwasher, created the "Ramsey Burger" in tribute to him.

But Ramsey, 43, released a statement through his attorney, Patricia Walker, last Friday and said he does not endorse restaurants selling the Ramsey Burger or offering him free burgers for life. He is also disgusted by an online video game made in Taiwan that portrays Ramsey and Ariel Castro, the man who is accused of kidnapping the women, throwing hamburgers at each other.

"I want everyone to know that I have nothing to do with this trash," Ramsey said in a statement through the Medina law firm of Walker & Jocke.

Scott Kuhn, the owner of the Driftwood Restaurant Group, came up with the idea for a "Chuck Card" that Ramsey could use to get free burgers for life at participating restaurants. He released the following statement last week:

"The Ramsey burger was named to honor an employee at a time he indicated he would be returning to his job at Hodge's. It was not developed to generate additional revenue for the restaurant - nor has it. 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." 

In his statement, Ramsey said, "I never told these people they could use my name for any of this."

Walker said Ramsey does not want the publicity and instead "is encouraging people to do things that will help the victims."

The attorney also said Ramsey hired her as he wanted protection with intellectual and property rights, particularly with regard to his likeness, name and voice.

"He was never asked about authorizing Ramsey burgers," Walker said.