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Posted On: September 12th 2007
Posted By: Adam Coozer
Source: Local 6 |
'Top Chef' Beaten By Anti-Gay Attackers
Josie Smith-Malave, a lesbian who was featured on Season 2 of the Bravo channel show, was among a small group of women asked to leave a Sea Cliff bar over Labor Day weekend, lawyer Yetta Kurland said. About 10 young people followed the women out and began screaming anti-gay epithets, spitting on them and then beating them, Kurland said.
The women, who had been on Long Island to attend a friend's birthday party, suffered bruises, and one received injuries to her head. One of them had a camera taken in the attack.
Smith-Malave, who is in her early 30s, is openly gay, Kurland said. Her sister, who is straight, also was beaten.
Smith-Malave is a former sous-chef for the Marlow and Sons restaurant in Brooklyn. She has played for the New York Sharks of the Independent Women's Football League.
Nassau County police said they were investigating, but they declined to provide details of the incident.
Kurland said she hoped the attackers would be caught and prosecuted on felony hate-crime charges.
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