Results tagged “limodriver”

Life Not All Rainbows for Chauffer Who Crossed Young Cipriani

Restaurateurs the Cipriani family are no strangers to running on the wrong side of the law and now it appears that their next generation is ready to step in and carry on their troublesome traditions. 20-year-old Ignazio Cipriani and a friend were arrested for third-degree assault after sucker-punching a limo driver outside of Chelsea nightclub 1Oak. The young Cipriani had been drunkenly raising a ruckus when he was denied admission and soon decided to target the driver. After hitting the ground once he got clocked, the chauffer tells the Post, "My head was part way under a car, and I opened one eye and saw two guys kicking me." A lawyer for Cipriani told the press, "This is nothing more than a group of young people pushing and shoving in front of a nightclub. We don't see a crime here at all." The 10ak was last in the news over the summer for tossing unwanteds from the club—specifically employees who claimed they were fired because the owner "only wanted white girls working there."

Eddy Might Sue But is Mum on Whether He 'Curried Favors'

A day after his former limo driver filed a head-turning sexual harassment suit and made allegations that he was insulted with racial slurs, a lawyer for Knicks center Eddy Curry says he is is considering a defamation suit in response. Curry told the Chicago Tribune, "He calls me racist and my best friend on the planet is white. He calls me an anti-Semite and my agent is Jewish. I really don't understand how anybody could look at this and think it's remotely true." In today's Times, Knicks teammates rush to defend Curry, calling the allegations, "the complete opposite of his character" and former Coach Isiah Thomas's assessment that he's "a nice man." But Deadspin calls Curry "dodgy" in avoiding the homosexual accusations thrown at him, suggesting he might have "sexual identity issues." In a case of strange timing, the day that the suit was revealed happened to coincide with USA airing the repeat of the Law & Order: SVU episode "Lowdown," where the show tackled the hidden world of the "Down-low" community.

Soiled Towels, Back Pay: Driver Sues Knicks' Eddy Curry

The former limousine driver for Knicks big man Eddy Curry is suing his old boss—for sexual harassment. According to the Post, David Kuchinsky accuses Curry of repeatedly coming onto him, telling him things like, "Look at me, Dave, look" and, "Come and touch it, Dave," all while the 6'11" center was nude. Curry said last night, "This is absolutely false... I can't even believe it."

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