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Dravnel, 22, filed the lawsuit in New York today, asking $100 million alleging, among other charges, defamation and infliction of emotional distress.
The lawsuit claims she was having an affair with the boxer that lasted over a year when she look the photos now widely spread on the Internet. Dravnel sold the pictures to a website in September for $70,000.
In the lawsuit Dravnel claims that De La Hoya's lawyer Stephen Espinoza, persuaded and threatened her to deny the photo's legitimacy publicly, resulting in a media smear and ruined her name and modeling career.
Dravnel says she has "suffered from increased, severe levels of stress, anxiety and depression" and "has been unable to work since the incident," reports The LA Times.
She is asking for monetary damages in addition to a public apology from the boxer, the Times says. No public comment has been made yet by De la Hoya concerning the lawsuit.
Posted November 16th, 2007 by Ian McGuffick
The American Dream
Talk about meal-ticket litigation. Don't forget to fake neck injury if you get rear-ended. Throw a back in there for safe measure.