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Entries from Gothamist tagged with 'janedoe'

January 3, 2008

An actress who insists her screaming orgasm was misrepresented in a web ad is suing Szul, the jewelry company who hired her. The 35-second spot depicts the 37-year-old woman – identified in court papers as Jane Doe – wearing a teal teddy while writhing and moaning in bed. When her ecstasy turns climactic, the ad’s slogan appears on the screen: “Rock Her World.” Genius, right?! According to her lawyer, the ad’s producers had pitched it......

Continue Reading "Video of the Day: Porn or Promotional?"

October 26, 2007

Alexander Properetchny was performing unlicensed oral surgery on 71-year-old Villimin Colleti Tuesday, when his patient "fell unconscious." The fake dentist called 911, but not before allegedly dragging the unresponsive woman out onto the stoop of his building where he propped her in the doorway. Paramedics found Colleti on the sidewalk outside of 47-year-old Properetchny's office in Brighton Beach without any identification and took her to Coney Island Hospital where she was admitted as Jane Doe.......

Continue Reading "Phony Dentist Leaves Woman on Street, Near Death"

March 9, 2007

Twenty-nine-year-old playwright and actress Courtney McLean has done her share of day jobs: as a former wedding and party DJ, she DJed an afterparty for N'Sync at the San Diego Sports Arena, and her brushes with celebrity include discussing bikini waxes with Jessica Biel. After studying theater at UC San Diego, the California native headed to New York five years ago, and currently waitresses at Penelope, among other gigs. But her true love is theater,......

Continue Reading "Courtney McLean, Playwright, "Super Glossy!""

January 17, 2007

Business must be rough for Karl Kemp Antiques if Karl Kemp is suing four homeless people for $1 million. Kemp claims that "John Smith," "John Doe," "Bob Doe," and "Jane Doe" are sullying his stretch of Madison Avenue (his store is 833 Madison Avenue, at 69th) and scaring off customers." His lawsuit claims the group has been "consuming alcoholic beverages from open bottles, performing various bodily functions such as urinating or spitting on the sidewalk,......

Continue Reading "Don't the Homeless Have Enough Problems?"

December 15, 2005

The law moves slowly. Last year, we posted about a disputed Russian Blue cat who wandered from her Lower East Side apartment, only to be rescued and adopted by a new owner. The original owner of Oliver, Chavisa Woods, is fighting the system, trying to get her cat back, but it turns out there is a 111 year old law that says owners only have 48 hours to notify Animal Care and Control that a......

Continue Reading "Law and Cat Order: The Kitty Dispute Spills Over"

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