I also copied and pasted the article, if you want to read it here.
New York – They are known as Mendy and Heidi. And they are a couple that is under some pretty intense scrutiny about a televised court-case involving a wig that was washed at a laundromat. Up until now there has only been one side of the story told.
a] pulling some sort of shtick and
b] at the heart of perhaps the greatest Chillul Hashem in 60 years of television history.
c] rather stupidly appearing on court TV
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2] The main impetus of the judge was that this wig she was examining looked like a short wig.
3] The judge never asked if there were two receipts, the first for the ruined one and the second for the one Heidi was wearing. The wigmaker told this author that she charged $3000 in total including highlighting, streaking and cutting (still long though) for the first wig. She charged $1500 for the second wig she was wearing which she gave them AT COST because she felt terrible for them.
4] The judge made phone calls to both Georgie companies. She ascertained from company #1 that Heidi did purchase a wig. She spoke to a woman that worked for company #1 named Sylvia. The office was closed and the phone number was forwarded to her cell phone. The judge asked whether what was sold to Heidi was a short wig or long wig. Sylvia answered a long wig. The judge asked for the receipt number. Sylvia answered that the office was closed.
5] The judge then called the other Georgie company (there was a divorce involved here). The other company said that they do not manufacture that type of wig. An email from company #2 is in file with VIN News.
1] The judge clearly confused both companies thinking they are one. Hopefully this was not done maliciously, but was just sloppy work by the judge.
2] The judge, like I did initially, assumed the damaged wig was a short wig. It is not.
3] The couple, actually it was just the husband, made a very silly decision to appear on court TV. He thought that this was the better way to go because at least this way if there was any money awarded it would not come from the landromat but from the court TV. He had to cajole and convince his wife to appear.
4] Neither the husband nor the wife are the best communicators, and neither of them should be hired as press spokespeople.
In short, a grave mistake was made here by the entire Torah community that lashed out at this couple. These are the preliminary conclusions. As mentioned earlier, the matter is being further investigated and all the evidence is being examined. I personally would like to issue an apology to them.
As just an aside, the woman had donated her previous shaitels to a Tzedaka in Eretz Yisroel.
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