Several teens were turned away from a suburban Louisville mall on the first day the shopping center began a new chaperone rule.
The new policy at Mall St. Matthews requires teens and pre-teens to have an adult escort during certain hours. The rule was put in place following a disturbance at the popular mall a week ago. The restriction requires teens under the age of 18 to have adult supervision after 4 p.m. on Fridays and Saturdays. This past Saturday was the first day the new program went into effect. Signs placed prominently about the mall informed customers about the so-called Parental Guidance Required program. Security officials were stationed at each of the mall's public entrances.
The chaperone rule also went into effect at Oxmoor Center.