Former Waitress Wins $1M Lawsuit

A former waitress has been awarded $1million after a sleazy former nightclub owner sexually abused her.

A judicial hearing officer in Manhattan Supreme Court awarded Nicole Slama the sum - £668,762 for the grotesque behaviour she endured back in 2007.

She says Quo co-owner Gary Malhotra fondled her and did cocaine off her shoulder before licking her neck, the New York Daily News reports.

“I am so relieved that this long battle has finally come to an end,” Ms Slama told the Daily News. “It has been a long and emotional road.”

Ms Slama had only been working at the now-closed club for a short time when she had a run-in with Malhotra on December 6 2007.

The married lawyer told Ms Slama he was starting a new club, and wanted to talk to her about working there, her lawsuit said.

He pushed her into a storage closet, “closed the door and stood with his body against the door so she could not exit,” the suit says.

She said he pulled out some cocaine and offered her some. She declined. He shook the bag, “Can I sniff this off your body?” he asked. “I want to sniff it off your a**. You have a great a**.”

He then grabbed her behind, and she pushed him off, crying “no” the suit says.

“OK, so off your (breast) then,” he said, grabbing her chest, according to the suit.

She resisted, and he said, “OK, OK, off your shoulder then,” the suit continues. “You have to let me because you work for me.”

He pinned her against the wall, slipped the strap of her tank top off her shoulder and then shook cocaine on it, the suit adds.

“He then snorted the line off her shoulder and began licking her shoulder and neck,” her case claims.

Ms Slama “was trying to push him off the entire time, but he is much larger and overpowered her,” the suit says.

She was able to sneak out when he went to get a cigarette, the News reports.

Ms Slama reported the incident to the police, who arrested Malhotra. He was convicted of sex abuse, harassment and forcible touching in 2009 and sentenced to five days of community service.

Ms Slama, 30, filed a $3.5million suit against the pervert in 2010 for sexual harassment and mental anguish, but he was able to delay her case for years by claiming he was going to appeal the conviction.

But he never filed an appeal, said Ms Slama’s lawyer, Megan Goddard of Nesenoff & Miltenberg.

 Ms Slama won a default judgment against Malhotra in 2013, and on Thursday, Judicial Hearing Officer Ira Gammerman awarded her the $1million after a brief hearing.