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In her Oscar De La Hoya lawsuit, Manhattan model Angelica Maria Cecora says that the boxer engaged in an hours-long, drug-fueled sex session with her that included him dressing up in her lingerie and having “extreme sex” inside a Central Park hotel.

She says that she performed an “astounding sex act” on De La Hoya and when it was done, the boxing champ was still not ready to call it a day, attempting to wake her up several times during the night to do it all over again, reports the New York Post. Oscar De La Hoya does not deny any of this.

This is where fantasy meets reality. Ashley Romano was a computer gamer who went by the alias Da Darkside Angel. When her real-life lover crossed her, Romano utilized the skills she learned playing Assassin's Creed and literally drove her boyfriend off the road.

Jonathon Bari suffered severe injuries in the Long Island car accident, and this week a jury awarded him $100,000, reports the New York Post.

The answer to the age old question: "Can you sue someone for giving you an STD?" Apparently you can, and a Manhattan businesswoman is suing her wealthy ex-lover for giving her herpes.

Many in New York may not know who Michael Brown is, but apparently he is well known in Houston social circles where he used to be a successful hand surgeon before losing his medical license for drug use several years ago, reports the New York Post.

The biggest danger when ordering a pizza used to be that a disgruntled employee would spit into your pie. Now, apparently you can get a racial epithet thrown at you, to go along with your dinner.

On January 6, Minhee Cho stopped by a local Papa John’s to get a pizza. To her surprise, when she checked her receipt, she saw that her customer name was written as “lady chinky eyes,” reports ABC. Cho quickly tweeted an image of the Papa John’s racist receipt and the story went viral.

What goes up, must come down. However, with the help of machines like elevators we can go up, then down, stay put, and make several stops before coming down.

But when elevators do not work properly, they come down in a crashing heap and we have a Manhattan elevator accident like the one that killed sales executive Suzanne Hart last month or the one that allegedly crippled fitness trainer Corey Hill back in November.

So how much pain can a dog feel? If you're a dog owner like I was, you probably realize that dogs can experience as much pain as any human being. And given their status as "pets," a dog's vulnerability and suffering can be especially heart-breaking.

Yet, dogs are treated as property in the eyes of the law, reports the New York Post. So one could argue that damage to a dog could be treated like damage to a car or any other thing you own.

Now a Manhattan jury may have the chance to determine once and for all if dogs can in fact legally feel pain in a dog lawsuit filed on behalf of a dog.

The price you pay for not finding a good New York City divorce lawyer.

Jennifer LaCarriere says that she was duped by a Midtown “divorce mill” and as a result she’s now married to two men. Criminal charges have been brought against the divorce mill, but LaCarriere now has to scramble to make her second marriage legal.

Alisa Speller says that she was pushing her one-year-old daughter in a toy plastic Pathfinder wagon she bought at Toys "R" Us when the wagon came apart, sending the mother and daughter tumbling into the pavement.

After talking to a New York City personal injury lawyer, Speller decided to bring a Toys "R" Us lawsuit, suing the company for negligently assembling her Pathfinder wagon, reports the New York Post.

In a horrible Christmas-day fire, fashion-marketing executive Madonna Badger lost everything but her own life. In the Stamford fire, Badger's three children were killed along with her parents.

Badger and a male companion, contractor Michael Borcina, were the only survivors of the blaze, reports the New York Post. Due to the dangerous condition of the building, fire inspectors have not yet looked into the cause.

Just a few months ago, Governor Andrew Cuomo signed new state law strengthening New York distracted driving laws. Pursuant to the bill, distracted drivers faced enhanced penalties for driving while using handheld devices in an effort to curb the dangerous practice.

However, Governor Cuomo's tough stance on distracted driving may soon get a lot tougher if the Governor follows the advice of the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) and drafts new law banning the use of all cell phones and smart phones while driving, including the use of hands-free devices, reports CNN.