The Fashion Week Slap That Turned into a Million Dollar Lawsuit

Sep 14, 2012 - by Emily Draznik

We love a good scandal and luckily New York Fashion Week has a plethora. The latest is that the front row slap that happened thirty minutes before the Zac Posen show just got an upgrade to a million dollar lawsuit.

Lynn Tesoro, Jennifer Eymere, and Marie-Jose Susskin-Jalou

WWD reported yesterday that the slap that sparked a revolution (well, a fashion revolution) just transformed into a lawsuit. For a million dollars.

There was quite a bit of scandal this time around New York Fashion Week, but the incident that's getting the most press is a doozy. At Sunday's Zac Posen Spring 2013 runway show, a publicist Lynn Tesoro  got slapped in the face by the French editor of Jalousse, Jennifer Eymere.

Due to a seating misunderstanding and a forty minute delay thanks to Miss Naomi Campbell, the French magazine editor gave one of Zac Posen's publicists a very rude awakening.

The editor later gushed to WWD saying,"I am sorry, I know its bad to do that. It was a small slap. It was not strong. I didnt hurt her, it was just to humiliate her. She humiliated my mom, and I humiliated her in front of her crew. Voilà. I just said at the end, Now you know you dont f*ck with French people."

Now this little mishap is being taken to court. The receiver of the slap, Lynn Tesoro, is suing to the tune of a million dollars claiming, "assault, battery, emotional distress, slander and/or libel." proving that you also don't f*ck with public relations. Take that, mademoiselle.

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