Tenant: I Was Bug-Bombed by My Landlady

A Queens man says his landlady tried to smoke him out of his apartment using a dangerous bug bomb—now he’s suing for $1 million. According to Dharmendra Persaud, Lisa Mongel let herself into his home and set off cans of Real-Kill Indoor Fogger 5. Worst of all, she did it completely without warning, when he was in the apartment, reports the Post. "She never called on the phone, never rang the doorbell. She just opened the chemical," he told the tabloid. According to his lawyer, his client not only inhaled toxic fumes, but tumbled down the stairs as he tried to escape. Right after, she filed the papers to evict the tenant and his children. Mongal wouldn’t discuss the allegations of chemical warfare, but said Persaud was “a liar.”

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By Sabrina Jaszi in News on February 27, 2010 10:48 AM

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hatedeadbeatstenants

That guy dharmendra persaud, is no more than an A1 deadbeat loser for a tenant, he always go away with money from these landlord and then on top of that sue them...he wants to live free, but i guess he is in the wrong country...You people don't have a clue what he is doing to them naive and innocent landlords..i am sorry for the next victim he is preying on..The landlord should have gas his loser ass off her property..He went away with 6mths rents..

Guest

"I Was Bug-Bombed by My Landlady"

sounds like a punk rock song. -:)

evbo

Sounds more like a country song.

Greenpoint60

That guy was probably infesting the building with vermin because he is more than likely a dirty fucking pig.

Terrie

And you write "more than likely" based on what exactly?

Greenpoint60

The had to bomb that apt

Terrie

From the information available here and at the Post we don't know if the infestation, if there was one, came from "that guy" or another apartment or another building. That's my issue with your post.

Greenpoint60

We never had bedbugs in NYC before the hipsters showed up

bullishnyc

I'm not a landlord but I'm sure that dealing with deadbeat tennants is no walk in the park. This dude probably deserved to be gassed.

Terrie

And you write "probably" based on what exactly?

Billiamsburg

landlords in nyc are the most disgusting people on earth. i have never met one i would remotely consider sane or civilized by any social standards. cant wait until we can gentrify them all out.

FelixtheCat & Christine Quinn'

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/02/25/holocaust-survivor-evicte_n_476692.html

Holocaust Victim Evicted In Brooklyn, perhaps unlawfully. Judge Postpones Case While She's Left Homeless.

ANGRYGOD11

What does "gentrify them all out" mean? If you think replacing the small-time landlord with a corporate landlord means sunshine and unicorns, then you haven't been reading about Sty Town.