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Yesterday, the police arrested the personal assistant to "broker to the stars" Linda Stein in connection with Stein's October 30 murder. Stein, who had also managed the Ramones and later parlayed her connections to sell real estate to celebrities, had been found bludgeoned to death in her Fifth Avenue apartment by her daughter. The police revealed that assistant Natavia Lowery confessed to them that Stein's abuse pushed her over the edge.
Police Commissioner Ray Kelly said, "Lowery, who had been Stein’s personal assistant for approximately four months, claimed that Stein had been verbally abusive to her," and the Daily News has the most comprehensive account of what police believe happened leading up to Stein's death:
Stein, 62, who was battling cancer, started blowing pot smoke in her face and berating her as she worked on the computer, Lowery told cops.That's when Lowery allegedly grabbed the yoga stick and beat Stein six of seven times on the back of the head. Lowery's mother, however, yelled as her daughter was taken from the 7th Precinct in the Lower East Side, "She's innocent! My baby is innocent...Don't say a word. God is with you, baby.""Get the f---ing e-mails! How can you be so f---ing slow!" Stein supposedly bellowed, a police source said.
Stein, who had private yoga sessions in her $2.5 million pad, was waving a 4-pound strength-building yoga stick at Lowery as she yelled, the assistant told cops.
After Lowery retrieved the e-mails, Stein offered to buy her lunch as a peace offering.
"I've got my own money. I don't need you to buy me lunch," the assistant said indignantly.
"Black people don't have any money," Stein retorted, according to Lowery. "Save your money and I'll buy you lunch."
The murder weapon, which might also be a Pilates bar, still hasn't been found. Police say that Lowery cleaned herself up in Stein's apartment (the police earlier had taken parts of Stein's bathtub drain in hopes of finding evidence) and stole Stein's cell phone and ATM card, withdrawing $800. According the Post, the police, who had interviewed 60-70 people, got their "big break" when Lowery called detectives to "complain about the reporters who had staked out her Williamsburg apartment building."
[Detective Kevin] Walla and his partner on the case, Detective Antonio Rivera, met her at the Kellogg's Diner on Metropolitan Avenue in Brooklyn, where it became clear that Lowery was ripe for a confession. They took her back the station house on the Lower East Side.Stein's previous assistant had been fired, either because he didn't respond to Stein's romantic advances or because they were arguing over a commission. Stein apparently found Lowery, who worked at PR firm Rogers & Cowan between 2001 and 2002, through a temp agency. Lowery's friends and family call her a nice girl, but other disagree, pointing to alleged incidents of theft and identity theft."It evolved into something totally different, because we took her out of her atmosphere and brought her into our atmosphere," Walla said.
Friends and family have noted Stein's brash, tough-talking attitude. Steven Gaines, a friend of Stein's and an author of a book about exclusive NYC real estate, told the NY Times, “I bet you Linda had been bickering, fighting and saying nasty things to this girl all along. Linda was very, very bad on her underlings. She was really, really bad...Linda talked out of the side of her mouth and opened up a really big, loud, dirty mouth."
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Wow! It kind of sounds like Stein was an incredible bitch. Having spoken ill of the dead, how stupid do some criminals have to be to steal the cellphone and ATM card off of someone they just killed? Don't they know that's usually the first things cops look into when investigating a murder or a robbery?
I like bitches. RIP Linda.
"God is with you baby..." love it.
I like this girl Lowery.
She's the type I want on my side in a bar fight. many a bar fights were started with less drama than this.
Just taking a quick look at Stein one should not be surprised at the allegations made by Lowery - it's typical of her kind. And yes, Lowery will be portrayed as the poor black girl being victimized by the nasty rich racist old jew...
I have a question. What are blacks so prone to violence. OK, so Stein sounds like a real douchebag, but did she really deserved to be bludgeoned to death? We've all had bosses that we'd just wish we could "kill". The difference is that none of use actually go ahead and do it! What is it about blacks that seem to lack this safety switch and just allows them to go through with such savage barbaric behavior?
Why are blacks so violent?\
I think this should be tried as a hate crime.
Where's Al Sharpton?
In related news. Did anyone read about the alcohol content,.024, in Ms. Gottbaum's body? That's three times the limit for DUI. Good thing she wan't flying the plane.
I have a question, why are the Irish, Scotish and whatever clan love to fight so much?
when asked what they love to do, they answer oh, I'm a mutt, part scot, irish, english and I love to fight.
have a question. What are blacks so prone to violence.
Many psychologists, sociologists, criminologists etc. have been trying to figure this out for years, and no one has ever come up with an answer.
Speaking of race, who wants to bet that Law & Order will do an episode on this show, with a white criminal?
Lowery is such a sweet-looking girl, smiling even as she is led away in cuffs. Surely the public can understand her predicament, no? BTW is Stein related to Leona Helmsley in any way...?
(sigh)
Wow, The trolls learned to use the registration system...
Look, Even if Linda Stein was Satan, You QUIT your crappy job, not commit murder.
After he statements, Ms. Lowery is going to jail. If her Lawyer wants to help, get a deal.
I have worked for people who were extremely verbally abusive, they were very rich and very old. And actually, they lived in the building next door to Stein. They drove me to NEAR violence against them, how they brought out rage in me... They also tried to make amends with money, which I took, I didn't get paid much. I understand her rage and I understand the abuse she endured. I walked away when it got bad and the job eventually ended. She should have up and quit and walked out. I'm sorry Lowry did this, I'm sorry Stein drove her to this. It all isn't worth a crappy job with a crappy boss.
And yes SD (#11) I'm saddened that the trolls have registered. I'll mention it again, can we get a flag button on the commenting system? Enough flags and a comment is removed? It would help keep a peacable kingdom...
lame defense "black people don't have money"...
lock lowery up and throw away the key.
geez, gothamist, get your techy on! i thought the whole point of the registration system was to block the trolls. could you please block the hater commentators already!!!
sure, they will re-register under some other "witty" user name like "wifebeater," "bitchslapper," "rapist," "matty,"
etc... well, that problem is not a hard one to solve. 1) after a while it just wont be worth the effort to reregister after each block, 2) gothamist can block any registration associated with a particular email, 3) if new email accounts are established, then go back to 1. of course there also is the ol' blocking the IP address tactic,
many of us here do not want to get all irritated for nothing. one or two hater comments is somewhate digestable, but a whole slew of them..... yech!
Also, I forgot to point out: All these Linda Stein quotes come from Natavia Lowery.
I'd take it with a grain of salt.
Maybe Linda Stein said all that, maybe she didn't. Either way, it certainly doesn't justify murder.
what the hell did i do?
It is indeed sad. Obviously, Stein chose the wrong person. Lowery graduated from petty crime to serious crime right quick. It's called sociopathy, and it has nothing to do with how crappy your boss is or what ethnicity you are.
Yes, Linda Stein was hell on wheels. And yes, mean people suck. But you don't bash their skulls in. I think there's more to this story. Lowery is setting up her Linda was a bitch defense but Lowery is a criminal who, as noted above, moved pretty quickly from petit larceny to homicide. I'm willing to bet that she was stealing from Linda Stein and/or Linda Stein's clients and that Linda Stein confronted Lowery and that Lowery murdered Linda Stein in a stupid attempt to cover up her other crimes.
If you don't want to hear offensive material get off the internet. Seriously. Or start your own website where as the webmaster you can delete everything you find offensive and everything that you disagree with. Eventually you will be sitting around with a bunch of people that think just like you do where all you do is positively reinforce each other. Group think sucks.
In the stone age, physical abuse was probably the norm. If you are bigger and stronger, you can beat the heck out of people physically weaker. But now in modern times, the more intelligent and richer can emotionally and verbally abuse the heck out of those who are poorer or less intelligent. And there is hardly anything that can be done about it because all physical attacks are criminalized now. There needs to be a balance. Stein shouldn't have been killed; maybe she only deserved 2 broken arms in exchange for years of verbally abusing people.
I bet all her ex-employees are having a party.
even Stein's own friend said this from above and quote,
Steven Gaines, a friend of Stein's and an author of a book about exclusive NYC real estate, told the NY Times, “I bet you Linda had been bickering, fighting and saying nasty things to this girl all along. Linda was very, very bad on her underlings. She was really, really bad...Linda talked out of the side of her mouth and opened up a really big, loud, dirty mouth."
Notice the "very, very" and "really, really".
i hate all brokers, good riddance!!!
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mikenyc2001!
losers, you only want registered people to fill your comments with nice things like "OMG!" & "LOL"
Actually, find a comment that says "OMG" and "LOL" and I've give you a lollipop.
As to this story, it sounds like two crappy people who are sometimes nice (depending who they are with) converged on each other and it ended badly.
However, Stein's journey is over and Lowery's has only begun. She's gonna have a long time in jail to think it over.
I have a slightly unrelated question: What is a yoga stick??? I've been a yoga teacher for several years and a student for even more, and have never encountered anything called a yoga stick in my life. Please, someone, enlighten me.
I'm assuming the people who are whining are due to my comment? What? Did I say something that wasn't true? Just take a look the the violent crime statistics in this city. Is it not mostly black? So what's the problem?
Why are blacks so violent?
"EastRiver" said:
So if people see comments they disagree with, they should just simply ignore it? Come on...
"angry_pickle", You're kidding right?? This isn't the stone age, there isn't any justification for beating anyone.
Regarding others choice people:
O Look! The Trolls Are Back and Bitching about Everyone else...
You're right this isn't the stone age.
we should be treating each other better but it appears time stood still for some people.
In this case, it looks like it all evens out in the end.
Ms. lowery had no chance in this society and ms. stein had every chance and got what's coming to her.
Time stands still. and, I'm not kidding.
its more fun over at craigslist rants&raves!!!
I"M PROUD OF THAT BLK WOMAN!!!! dead cracka
(Harlem / Morningside)
LOL!!!! You crackas can say all you want.You can say she was afraid to stand up to her,or that she made a horrible mistake.You can even make generalizations but we just laugh.Whatever makes you sleep good at night.LOL!!! A Black woman killed that evil,nasty cracker bitch and i'm glad.Game over.Who cares if she's doing time.Fuck it! I bet you crackas will never forget this:Cracker lady opened her nasty mouth the wrong way and got taken the fuck out of here!YES!YES!YES! She cracked her fucking head open wide!YES! Bye bye birdy.Fuck wit black and you get the bat!LOL!!!! WEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEe
DONT MAKE ME GET DA YOGASTICK!
"Enough flags and a comment is removed", please. Seriously people, get a thicker skin, this is New York.
I don't think you get a lollipop.
So if people see comments they disagree with, they should just simply ignore it? Come on...
Respond to it or ignore it but stop calling for its removal. It is what it is.
I too am glad Stein was taken out for being a racist. Here's hoping the trend continues.
Lol. once you go black, you don't come back.
Sorry, but I don't think that this travesty of a human being named Linda Stein will be missed. Take a good look at her, people - I betcha she could have made a better "Joker" than Cesar Romero. On the other hand, it's always a shame to see a black cutie behind bars - it's too bad she wasn't bright enough to speak to a lawyer before giving her "story"...
Sorry, but I'm afraid the term "black cutie" is an oxymoron.
Coon, are you by any chance a middle-aged spinster or a hipster who has gotten a beatdown by black kids...?
The Law & Order treatment of this should be interesting, whenever we get to see it. Darn writers' strike!
I am sorry but I just had to comment on Coon's remark earlier about blacks being violent. You are definitely entitled to your opinion and I can respect you for that but I can't respect you, however, for not being able to spell. Please check your comments before you post them!!
1, 2, 3, 4, i declare class war!
I'M ASSUMING THE PEOPLE WHO ARE WHINING ARE DUE TO MY COMMENT? WHAT? DID I SAY SOMETHING THAT WASN'T TRUE? JUST TAKE A LOOK THE THE VIOLENT CRIME STATISTICS IN THIS CITY. IS IT NOT MOSTLY BLACK? SO WHAT'S THE PROBLEM?
WHY ARE BLACKS SO VIOLENT?
ROLTFLMAO LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL .....WTF!!!!
Violence is as american as apple pie...white people created violence.....this country was built on violence.....LOL LOL LOL .....
Do you not know history? Do you not read? Do I have to bring up The KKK? The fact Lynching which was a past time for whites in the south, The fact that when people were lynched the photos taken of the bodies swinging from the were used as post cards photos? Slave Rape, the fact that most serial killers are WHITE MALES? Police brutality against African Americans committed by angry white men who couldn't compete with their peers...lol lol
I mean every one is entitled to their opinions but if you are going to be a flame thrower don't be DUMB ONE......