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An elderly New York City woman is suing President Donald Trump family business Following an incident involving Trump Tower “golden escalatorShe reportedly got badly hurt by this.
Mariko Hosoi, 76, was “lawfully and discreetly inside the glass-enclosed atrium of Trump Tower” on December 29, 2024, when she The building’s trademark gold-tone escalator From the lobby to the second floor named after the Commander-in-Chief midtown manhattan skyscraperAccording to a newly filed lawsuit obtained by Independent,
After getting off the escalator, Hosoi began to “walk cautiously” toward a The building’s five restaurantsHis complaint states. Then she slipped and fell on a “pile of slippery substance,” causing “serious and serious permanent personal injuries,” according to the complaint, which blames the “negligence of defendant Trump Organization, Inc., its agents, servants and/or employees” for Hosoi’s accident.
Hosoi’s lawsuit, which was filed Wednesday night in Manhattan Supreme Court, holds the Trump Organization responsible for “negligent ownership, operation, maintenance, management, supervision, inspection, and control of the complex and the atrium.”
The complaint states that the company and its employees created “dangerous conditions” for guests due to, among other things, “lack of adequate personnel to clean floors,” “failure to maintain a proper cleaning regimen.” [sic],” “Failing to cordon off area,” and “Failing to dry floor despite notice.”
Hosoi has since been left “sick, sore, lame, and disabled”, forced to spend money on medical treatment, and is “unable to participate in his normal business or activities,” Complaint State.
The Trump Organization did not respond to a request for comment Thursday.
Trump was made fun of a lot in June 2015 go down the same escalator From the lobby to the basement to announce his nascent presidential campaign. As a modest crowd of a few dozen people looked on, Trump was pleased to see what he claimed was a huge sea of enthusiastic supporters filling the place.
“Very good!” The crowd gathered as the future president began speaking from a makeshift stage set up for the event. “Wow! That’s a bunch of people. Thousands!”
But in reality Trump’s allies had gathered the audience together and included Actors paid $50 to participateTrump Tower residents and foreign tourists who Allegedly They didn’t have the slightest idea why they were there.
A journalist present there said, “Some people living in the building came down, and then a lot of people from outside the street also came to see it.” told Guardian“There were a lot of random curiosities happening.”
“At the time it seemed like a joke,” said former Florida governor and an adviser to candidate Jeb Bush.
After this Trump gave a speech Dark, cynical and jingoistic address He Mexicans were defamed as rapists and drug dealers. And later made headlines around the world for his deeply pessimistic tone. Eight months later, he was appointed as the 45th President of the United States.
In 2014, New York real estate mogul Stephen Green filed a lawsuit After slipping on wet marble at Trump World Tower at Columbus Circle, it was claimed that a maid had not put up a caution sign after mopping.
Next year, a Kentucky woman filed lawsuit After falling on an “inappropriately slippery” pool deck at the Trump International Beach Resort in South Florida.
Last March, a family of one California woman in wheelchair files lawsuit She was “violently ejected” from the revolving doors of the Trump Hotel Las Vegas, hitting her face on the sidewalk and later died.
Hosoi is seeking to have the money judgment determined in court. The Trump Organization now has about three weeks to file a formal response to the allegations.