European Hotel Gets Forceful with Queens Family's Itinerary

Any time you bring your children on a European vacation, it's generally assumed that you are exposing them to some loosey goosey lifestyles, the likes of which are not commonly seen here in the States. But an Italian hotel staff who took a Queens family's American Express card and then bullied them into taking staff members out dining and clubbing may have taken things to a new level. Alexander Maryasin alleges that staffers held him and his two sons up at gunpoint, stealing the AmEx card as well as $60,000 in jewelry. So who is he seeking justice with? Naturally, it's the travel agency (via the very same green plastic used by their torturers) that recommended the hotel that he had requested be kid-friendly. The suit alleges that the forcible family bonding caused him and his sons to suffer "great psychological harm" and exhibit "physical symptoms stemming from their psychological injuries."