A former Playboy playmate is suing the New York Police Department for allegedly “shoving her face into the pavement” following a 2006 altercation with an unhinged cab driver.
According to the Mail Online, Stephanie Adams, 40, claims that police drew their guns on her and used unnecessary force after her taxi driver, Eric Darko, claimed she was armed and dangerous. Darko later tipped his hand when he shared his true motive for summoning the police—that he feared his passenger was a vampire.
The incident occurred on May 25 of 2006. Adams hailed Darko’s cab and gave him her home address. When he refused to take her to her destination, the two became embroiled in a dispute over passengers’ rights and called 911. When police arrived on the scene, Darko told them that Adams was armed and had threatened to shoot him. An officer asked her to step out of the cab so that she could be frisked. She refused and was ultimately wrestled to the ground.
It was not until later that police discovered that Darko had fabricated the threat because his real beef might fail to generate the desired response. His hack license was revoked and he was fined $2,700.
Adams’ lawyer, Nina Neumunz, stated in court stated that her client’s tight-fitting clothing should have revealed to police that “there was no place to conceal a weapon” and that she was therefore unarmed.
Police Sergeant John Rajan testified that the maneuver used on Adams was “a controlled drop to the ground,” which is standard procedure when a suspect fails initially to comply with instructions to lie face down.
A doctor testifying on Adams’s behalf claimed the former model suffered injury to her spinal discs resulting in serious back pain.
Adams was featured as the Playboy centerfold in the November 1992 issue.
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