Victoria’s Secret model sues Palm Desert hotel over bedbug attack
Sabrina Jales St. Pierre, a Brazilian model who has modeled for Victoria’s Secret, Versace, and Valentino has filed a lawsuit against a local hotel over bed bug bites.
According to her attorney Brian Virag, they filed the suit for Jales St. Pierre in Riverside County Court a couple of weeks ago. Jales St. Pierre claims that she was attacked by bedbugs during a stay at the Embassy Suites by Hilton in Palm Desert in 2016.
Virag said this event has been very traumatic for Jales St. Pierre, who said that she still had to work with the bite marks and felt embarrassed.
Below is a statement from the General Manager of the Embassy Suites by Hilton Palm Desert regarding the lawsuit:
“The comfort, health, safety and security of our guests is of the utmost importance. With regard to this incident Our guest reported she felt she had been bitten by bed bugs on her lower legs. We have a very comprehensive protocol in the event reports any situation effecting their personal wellbeing. Whenever there is a claim of bites from any number of pests we have a protocol we follow to investigate. Our management immediately upon learning of Ms. Jales allegation that she had bug bites she was relocated to a different room, in addition as a gesture of hospitality the hotel dry cleaned all her laundry. Hotel Management then proceeded to inspect the guest room for pests. The inspection of the room did not reveal any evidence of bed bugs. The Hotel took additional precautionary steps by contacting an outside pest control company. The pest control company reported and documented there was no evidence of any pest in the room including bed bugs. We deny the allegations put forth in the press and social media.”
– Carlos Mendoza, Embasssy Suites by Hilton Palm Desert general manager
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