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NEW YORK, Jun 7, 2006 (UPI via COMTEX) -- Playboy's first openly gay Playmate says she plans to sue the city of New York for being manhandled by police.
Stephanie Adams, 35, said police threw her to the ground late last Thursday, put pressure on her back and shoved her face to the pavement after a cab driver called 911 and claimed she had a gun.
Adams said she was wearing skin-tight jeans with no place to hide a weapon.
"They (the police) leered at me," Adams told the New York Post. She said she asked officers to frisk her but one responded: "There's no way, man, you could have a gun in that outfit."
Adams said as a result of the incident she is in constant pain.
The cab driver disputed Adams recollection of facts when questioned by the Post. He said one of the officers even paid Adams' $10.60 cab fare and threw in a $4.40 tip.
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