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Seven days, seven nights, seven outfits

A woman has filed a lawsuit in U.S. District Court against the Tulsa District Attorney’s office for assault, libel and slander. Representing herself, she alleges that “the defendants falsely accused the plaintiff of having a damaged mental character pertaining to her child.”

That in and of itself might not be so noteworthy. But what she’s seeking as compensation certainly grabbed my attention:

The plaintiff wants a formal apology published in the Tulsa World newspaper, a seven-night stay at the Hilton, seven outfits from Stein Mart for both her and her daughter and three meals a day, of her choice, for the seven days.

The woman’s name itself is also quite unusual and elicited a snicker when I first read it. But I won’t be sharing her name here because I don’t want to be sued too. Who knows what damages she might seek from me?