A Manhattan man is being sued for losing a $1.35 million painting.
He blames the booze - saying the Jean Baptiste Camille Corot masterpiece, "Portrait of a Girl," vanished following a bender at The Mark hotel.
The artwork's co-owner, Kristyn Trudgeon, isn't buying James Haggerty's tale.
"I think he's a complete fumbling idiot," a visibly annoyed Trudgeon said outside her West Side apartment. "He's just a complete a--hole." More here UPDATE
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The "art dealers", if they can be called that here in St. Augustine are selling overpriced phoney crap to the tourists.
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