The Victoria & # 39; s Secret model says that bedbugs have "slaughtered" him. at the hotel

One model is suing a hotel in California after she said she was "slaughtered" by bed bugs as a result of a visit in 2016.

Sabrina Jales St. Pierre, allegedly modeled for brands such as Victoria Secret, Tommy Hilfiger and Ralph Lauren, alleged in a lawsuit filed on June 5 in Riverside County Superior Court that her visit to the Embbady Career modeling suites.

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Brian Virag, a St. Pierre lawyer and founder of My Bed Bug Lawyer, Inc., told the Desert Sun that St. Pierre "began to notice bedbug bites after his first night at the hotel. a lot of his whole body. "

The insect bites the model suffered, says Virag, among the worst that he has seen during the eight years that he has spent as a lawyer.

He added the experience of St. Peter's "[d] psychological trauma "and" because his body is his job ", the test" severely affected his work and career ".

The hotel's general manager, Carlos Mendoza, denied that the building was infested with insects, telling the newspaper that the hotel and an outside pest control company swept the room after the allegations were made. been made and that there were no bugs.

St. Pierre seeks pecuniary and punitive damages against the defendants – Hilton Worldwide, Inc., Hilton Worldwide Holdings, Inc. and Embbady Suites Management. The lawsuit, obtained by Fox News, does not indicate how much the model seeks to obtain pecuniary damages.

Fox News & # 39; Marisa Sarnoff contributed to this report.