For Those Of You Who Think Everything is Awful, You're Wrong: Everything is Worse

I can't really summarize this into a headline.

A real-estate honcho and amateur painter — furious that this ex-girlfriend was dating someone else — allegedly slipped into her Tribeca apartment and drew penises on his own artwork, sources said Monday.

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“I became unhappy when I found out she was having an affair,” Ludwick, 41, told The Post before his appearance Monday in Manhattan Criminal Court. “I augmented my work to reflect my emotions at that moment.”

Ludwick used his own key to enter Trevisan’s apartment at around 11:30 p.m. and painted yellow images “in the shape of penises” on his artwork, a Criminal Court complaint says.

Trevisan, corporate director of food and beverage at the Gansevoort Hotel Group, came home to find her apartment trashed.

“It’s all my artwork,” Ludwick said. “I’m an amateur artist, and they’re displayed in my place. I just wanted to update the pieces.”

Ludwick had previously ditched his wife and two kids to shack up with this Trevisan woman, with whom he was having an affair. When he learned that she was seeing another man (I don't know if this was "cheating" or if Trevisan had terminated the relationship), he resorted to various harassments, such as sending lewd emails to her bosses and colleagues informing them she had affairs with married men, and also noting that she is, in his estimation, a "harlot."

He was arrested last Wednesday and is charged with computer trespassing, aggravated harassment, criminal mischief, stalking, impersonation (?), and being a Bad Breaker-Upper.

By the way, the article has a picture of the woman dressed in a Sexy Santa's Helper Outfit, because, I guess, part of the state's burden in proving these crimes is answering the question "Would You Hit That?"

I think they can answer this satisfactorily, but it's not as easy a call as I might like.

Santa had no comment and referred inquiries to his lawyer.

In related news, people are just monsters, generally.

A second wave of retired New York firefighters and police was arrested on Tuesday on disability fraud charges tied to a September 11 pension fraud, said a source involved in the investigation.

A massive ongoing investigation by Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance's office had, in January, led to disability fraud charges against 106 suspects - 80 of them retired New York cops and firefighters - with some accused of falsely claiming to have been traumatized by the September 11, 2001 attacks on the city.

On Tuesday, authorities rounded up 28 suspects, including 16 more retired police officers, four former firefighters, and a retired New York City Department of Corrections employee, the source told Reuters.

Vance said the total amount stolen from taxpayers could reach $400 million.

Using 9/11 as cover for a huge swindle of taxpayer generosity -- Of course.

Of course.

But before y'all Country People get to fixin' to say them city types are queer folk, I guess I should mention this, too: farmer calls cops on two men filming "Cow Porn" video with his sexiest bessies.

Open Thread.

posted by Ace at 07:00 PM

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