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Flatiron Chef Arrested For Alleged Halloween Sexual Assault

2009_11_sexylion.jpg A chef at the penthouse lounge 230 Fifth was arrested on Halloween after allegedly forcing himself on a Canadian woman dressed as a sexy lion. As the club's party was winding down at 3 a.m. on Sunday, 28-year-old Carlos Angel "pounced" on the woman as she came out of a restroom and shoved her back inside, sources say. He kissed her repeatedly while groping her, but she managed to slip away and alert a manager—who actually did the right thing by calling the police, not trying to hush it up!

However, the club's owner, Steven Greenberg, tells the Post the victim "was laughing and smirking" when police arrived.

The victim identified Angel to the cops, and he was arrested on felony sexual-abuse charges; he's being held on $5,000 bail following his arraignment. The image seen here does not depict the victim, nor should this post in any way be misconstrued as just an excuse to publish a photo of a blond in a "sexy" lion costume.

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  • Spirit of 76

    "The image seen here does not depict the victim, nor should this post in any way be misconstrued as just an excuse to publish a photo of a blond in a "sexy" lion costume."

    Hmm. So JDS finds blonds sexy? I personally prefer blondes, like the one in the photo.

  • Well wait, she was SMIRKING. Well then she deserved it.

    By which I mean, WHAT THE HELL.

  • hotstepper

    personally, i blame canada for this incident.

  • saratoga mind

    why would you need an excuse?

    you are doing a public service to those in the audience who had forgotten what a blonde in a sexy lion costume actually looks like.

    keep up the informative good work!

  • if the cops just showed up to arrest the guy who groped and molested me I might be laughing and smirking too.

    But of course, it's the Post, and a woman in a sexy Halloween costume so of course she's either lying, or was asking for it.

  • schadenfreudian mensch

    Steven Greenberg is from the ol' skool of if she dresses sexy then she was asking to be raped theorem.

  • HOTCUP

    here in the U.S. we spell it "blonde"

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