Girlfriend Slashes Boyfriend's Throat at East Village Lounge

Ah, the East Village, that ever-trendy nightlife destination where visitors from Long Island and beyond flock to stab each other on the weekends. Around 1 a.m. Saturday night at Sutra on First Avenue and First Street, 22-year old Freeport resident Vivian Lee got into a heated argument with her 22-year-old boyfriend, RPI graduate Joshua Clarke. Witnesses tell the Daily News that when Lee caught Clarke flirting with another dame, she smashed a pint glass over his head and then stabbed him in the neck with the broken shards! Acting quickly, a bouncer applied pressure to Clarke's gushing wound while another employee subdued his jealous girlfriend. Clarke was rushed to Bellevue and is expected to recover, while Lee was taken to jail. But Clarke's mother was later sighted at the Ninth Precinct, and told reporters her son was "not going to press charges. She's going to be my daughter-in-law."

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By John Del Signore in News on December 1, 2008 10:55 AM

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miumiu

wow. well thank god the the gays can't get married - otherwise straight relaitonships would really be in jeopardy!

matty

The DA should prosecute this as a domestic violence case. Charges should be brought against her even of the bf doesn't press charges.

ericf

God luck with her career in broadcast journalism. What a joke.

gregorsamsa77

I read this post and was like "wtf"?

Then I clicked on the link to the Daily News story and said "ah".

Am I a horrible person?

Clarice City

And the proles just keep on breed'n!

SP

Actually, I've been posting that to make fun of Hugo's stupidity.

Wza

Bunch of winners all around.

emilydickinson

If he had done something more than flirt would she have set off a bomb in the bar? What a maniac.

Mr Mel

In Vino Veritas. She obviously wanted to do it before but she wasn't drunk enough.

r1b2

Patchogue, Mastic/ Shirley, Freeport... Champagne wishes and caviar dreams.

abcohen

money on the missing fact that shes preg. or something that has to keep them in each others life... otherwise most NORMAL people would RUN for the hills!

west side Michael

Love at first fight .

virgil

SP uses that phrase whenever he's frightened.

Alex

I've been there before, and fuck that place. The crowd sucks, the cover sucks, and the music sucks. If I ever ended up in there again I'd probably stab myself.

Rocknrope

The attacker's name is actually Victoria, not Vivian. At first I wondered "Hmmm, is she asian?" Then I remembered that asians don't do stupid shit like slashing a boyfriend in public for flirting with another woman.

Brooklynbobby

I see HUGO MEGO is back in the form of SP.

Billiamsburg

moar tolls plz. If we can't legally limit people from LI to coming to the city once a month without urgent business we can at least charge them $20 in and $20 out.

Brooklynbobby

Obviously a family of Rhodes scholars.

Pull My Finger

She was mad she did not get a good deal on a tv at Wallmart Friday.

wowthatsucks

Not press charges? What kind of idiot doesn't press charges against this psycho?

the kind that's going to have some stranger 'accidentally' run her over with an SUV.

whitecastlerock

A domestic dispute on the Lower East Side? Scandalous!

nuyorican

when she kills him thats the best time to press charges.

JacqueMehoff

LES is a long way from Freeport, LI.

Dirk

Not press charges? What kind of idiot doesn't press charges against this psycho?

Snoopy

They're such sweet kids. He's ogling bitches and she nearly kills the asshole. A match made in heaven. LI is such a great place to raise children in a loving environment. Especially when you live in the basement apartment of your mother-in-law's house.

valeriob

Next time aim to swipe across the jugular instead of the 'insert' motion, honey.

And make sure Plaxico is there to shoot you in the leg when you are done.

Mom's clearly an idiot.

matty

In all seriousness I don't see why women get away with this shit. We live in a society where it's emasculating for men to admit they are in abusive relationships so women do what they please when they please.

fruitstand

Good point, SP.

NannyState

This settles it: Long Island is a fucking zoo.

SP

Welcome to Barack HUSSEIN Obama's Amerikkka!

ides_of_march

As long as they were at Bellevue, they should have tossed the old lady in the psyche ward.

Guest

"not going to press charges. She's going to be my daughter-in-law."

Awwww... what a sweet, sweet story to tell the juvenile delinquent grandchildren...

ides_of_march

I'm sure they'll get married and produce many sociopathic offspring.

ixvnyc

Who controls our borders with LI? Where is Lou Dobbs now!?

Btw, attempted homicide in a public place is criminal offense, and as such will be prosecuted regardless of if the victim presses charges or not. But really, this whole gang should be banished from the city.