The pregnant Popeye's manager fired after refusing to pay back money taken during an armed robbery, is now demanding $5.5 million. (Photo: Provided) 
 
 HOUSTON - The pregnant Popeye's manager fired after refusing to pay back money taken during an armed robbery, is now demanding $5.5 million. 
 
 Marissa Holcomb is asking for the amount for emotional distress. 
 
 "I left it all in my lawyer's hands, but I didn't expect it to be like that, either," Holcomb said. "I didn't expect it to be millions. I figured something, thousands something, you know?" 
 
 A letter from her attorney, Marc Bozeman, states, ""Even though you have offered to give the job back to her only to save face after experiencing bad publicity, the damage from your egregious conduct has been done." 
 
 Holcomb was a manager at the fast food restaurant when a man held her a gunpoint during her shift and demanded she empty the cash register. 
 
 She claims she was fired for not reimbursing the money that was stolen during the robbery. Holcomb's attorney is now giving Popeye's and the local franchise Z & H Foods 30 days to respond or he will file a lawsuit. 
 
 Bozeman said he sent a demand to get attention and never expected anyone to pay that figure. He does, however, fully expect to file a lawsuit in 30 days. 
 
 "Their conduct was very egregious and that you don't have to settle the demand," he said. "This is alerting you to the fact about what you did and you're not gonna get away with it. 
 
 In the meantime, Holcomb will be working at a different Popeye's location. Her first day is tomorrow. 
 
 KHOU 11 News reached out to Popeye's but have not heard back. 
 
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 Read or Share this story: http://on.khou.com/1zs0XGz ||||| AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) - A pregnant Texas woman fired from her job managing a Houston-area Popeyes restaurant for not returning money taken in a robbery in which she was held at gunpoint is seeking $5.5 million in compensation from her employers, her lawyer said on Thursday. 
 
 Marissa Holcomb has given Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen and franchise owner Z&H; Foods Inc 30 days to respond or face a lawsuit for her suffering, according to the letter sent this week by her lawyer, Marc Bozeman. 
 
 Officials from the companies did not immediately respond to a request to comment. 
 
 "The idea that Popeyes demand that she reimburse the restaurant for money that was stolen, through no fault of her own, is obscene," the letter said. 
 
 About $400 was taken in the robbery on March 31, the Houston Chronicle reported. 
 
 A video from a store camera broadcast on TV shows a masked man with a handgun jumping the counter and pointing the weapon at staff. Holcomb was pulled by her shirt to the counter, where she was forced to open cash registers. 
 
 The franchise owner has offered her old job back to her, it added, but she told KHOU she would work at a different Popeyes. 
 
 (Reporting by Jon Herskovitz; Editing by Peter Cooney)
– Marissa Holcomb did get her job back after Popeyes fired her for not reimbursing the fast-food restaurant for cash taken during a robbery, but that's not all the pregnant employee may get. She's seeking $5.5 million in damages for emotional distress, per a letter attorney Marc Bozeman says he crafted to let Popeyes know it's "not gonna get away with it," KHOU reports. "The idea that Popeyes demand that she reimburse the restaurant for money that was stolen, through no fault of her own, is obscene," the letter says, per Reuters. Bozeman says he's giving Popeyes and franchisee Z&H Foods 30 days to respond before he files the lawsuit. As for the amount, Holcomb says she left that all up to Bozeman and was actually expecting him to seek "thousands"; he tells KHOU he's not actually expecting $5.5 million, but wanted to get the companies' attention. Holcomb, meanwhile, is scheduled to start back at Popeyes today—at a new location, KHOU notes.