A Queens, N.Y. man has sued Starwood Hotels and American Express, saying that at an Amex-recommended hotel in Sardinia he and his sons were held hostage by hotel staffers, sometimes at gunpoint, and forced to spend upwards of a hundred thousand dollars on hotel, jewelry, boutique and nightclub charges. [Adam Klasfeld/Courthouse News, New York Post] Cityfile expresses a marked degree of skepticism toward Alexander Maryasin’s story and links “13 different lawsuits that [he] has filed in Queens alone in recent years”.
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Interestingly two of Mr. Maryasin’s thirteen previous lawsuits were against two different Japanese restaurants; apparently he has quite a yen for Japanese food.
Wasn’t there someone a few years ago who ran up a $100,000 tab on his Amex at a strip club and claimed he’d been ripped off? Some people just seem immune to humiliation.
Phil, I hope that was not an intended pun–“a yen for Japanese food”? (groan!)