Woman Lied About Attack Outside Taylor Swift Concert, Police Say

An employee of 717 Parking reported to authorities that she was kicked in the stomach and robbed on Saturday night near the Tampa Bay Times Forum. She claimed it all happened while Taylor Swift was playing before a screaming crowd packed inside the Forum for her concert.

But authorities this week say the woman wasn't telling the truth.

Around 7:58 p.m. that evening, Keawaiina Hutchins, 18, of Tampa, told police she was walking back to her lot after a bathroom break at the Forum when a man came up to her and pushed her to the ground, saying "Gimme the money or I'll cut ya."

Hutchins says she gave him $500, and that the man wasn't done with his attack, the report said. He kicked her once in the stomach and fled east through the parking lot, the report says she claimed.

Detectives from TPD responded, but no video cameras were able to catch the attack.

Hutchins was taken to Tampa General Hospital. She described the suspect as a man about 5'9 with a medium build, 30-35 years old, full goatee and blond hair. She said he was wearing a dirty white shirt, black pants and white shoes.

But Hutchins's allegations were all a ruse, police say.

On Wednesday, Mercedes Machado with the Tampa Police Department said Hutchins confessed to police that she had stolen from her employer, and that she hadn't been robbed.

Hutchins told police she owed her mother $300, and threw the other $200 away.

"We never had a suspect," Machado said."Originally, she did describe someone, but it was all made up."

Hutchins was charged with filing a false police report, embezzlement and grand theft, Machado said.