Macrida Patterson and her lawyer Jason Buccat say the lingerie store chain should pay for an incident in which a bit of rhinestone decoration flew off the slingshot-like undergarment as she was pulling it on, hitting her in the eye; the next morning she visited a hospital, though the only medical intervention the article mentions is that she took “some topical steroid”. They’ve been on the Today show, but Victoria’s Secret says it hasn’t been served with a suit or been given a chance to examine the item of saucy apparel, which Patterson had owned for a while and had worn and laundered previously. (Mike Celizic, “Eye-catching thong gives rise to lawsuit”, MSNBC, Jun. 19; “Dinged by a G-string?”, The Smoking Gun, Jun. 17).
P.S. Not to be confused with the exploding-bra claim against Victoria’s Secret this spring from South Carolina, the original coverage of which is still available on GoogleCache for the moment, though no longer online at the local paper.
P.P.S. Above the Law, I see, was here first.
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As Dave Barry would say, “thong shrapnel” would be a great name for a band.
Obviously I don’t know if he was a lawyer anywhere else before California. With that said, according to the California bar website, Jason Buccat just got his license on 5/20 of this year which means he took the February bar. Apparently he was a bit too excited to find his first client.
Will the plaintiff be asked to try on the alleged shrapnel deployment apparatus, reminiscent of O.J. (and Sue Ellen Mischke) during a trial?
Just like I do not ski the black diamonds, this woman should not be messing with thongs, bejeweled or not!
Who wants to bet that Victoria’s Secret will put a label on their thongs stating that safety glasses should be used when donning this garment?
Shouldn’t there be an age limit for such an article of clothing?
I’m waiting for this to appear on Saturday Night Live
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She actually looks pretty good for her age. Maybe she needs money for more “work” to be done…