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Someone is Suing The Standard NYC for Being Too Sexy

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October 11, 2010 at 9:23 AM | by | Comment (1)

Someone thinks this is too sexy. We know.

Hottie hotelier Andre Balazs might find it hard to believe but there is actually someone out there who does not want to stay at his hotel.

Remember that bizarre case over last year where a housekeeper at The Standard NYC accused a guest of forcing himself on her? Well, the guest was acquitted of all charges (he claims the housekeeper told the lie to defend herself after he caught her rifling through his things) but the guest is now blaming the hotel's sexy attitude for the whole thing. The NY Post reports:

An Australian businessman acquitted of trying to rape a maid at The Standard is suing the Meatpacking District boutique hotel for $10 million -- charging that its racy atmosphere contributed to the false charges against him.

Matthew Moorhouse, 42, allegedly attacked the maid when she went to clean his room last Nov. 9.

He claimed she lied after he caught her rifling through his bag. He was acquitted in July.

The hotel's floor-to-ceiling windows are well known for allowing nude guests to put on a show for passers-by in nearby High Line Park.

But it's not just the nude guest in the windows that could come into play in court. Remember those risque soft-opening (heh) ads? What about all those nude photoshoots too?

Not that we really think this guest has much of a chance in court, let alone an award of $10 million, but let's just say that compiling a list of the sexy ways of the Standard would not be hard (heh.) At all.

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"Someone" is Right; You're Not So Much

Moorhouse no longer "allegedly" did a thing if he had been acquitted.  Why make light of this at all? If it was a sexual assault, there is nothing light about it; if it was theft, nothing funny there; if it was to sully a guest with false accusations, well, a hotel could be held liable and what is a reputation worth in damages?  Hey Chatter, try not be soooo NYPOST...keep the snarky to the amusing tidbits but when a suggested or real crime(s) occurs in or attached to a hotel, try to be a bit more mature and not so sophomoric.  
HG2 on October 11, 2010 at 9:36 AM #Permalink

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