An actress claims a manager at Smith & Wollensky steakhouse attacked and berated her for refusing to sleep with a bartender—and police covered up the incident to "maintain goodwill" between the NYPD and the eatery. Jennifer Sachs, 38, says a patron and a drunken manager at the 49th Street restaurant called her a "f---ing Jew" when she refused the barkeep's proposition. When police arrived, she claims they arrested her on false charges of assault and disorderly conduct so they could keep getting cheap food and drinks.
According to the Post, Sachs has filed a $15 million lawsuit against Smith & Wollensky and the city, alleging police busted her to protect the steakhouse. "Wollensky's Grill is an expensive restaurant that often gives free or deeply discounted food or drinks to NYPD officers, and many NYPD officers frequent it for that reason," the suit claims. During the arrest last March, Sachs also says an officer kicked her and broke her knee—causing her to lose a gig working as a stand-in in the Angelina Jolie movie "Salt."
The tabloid reports that the assault and disorderly conduct charges against Sachs were later dropped.
