Attorney Howard Fensterman, representing the East Neck Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, points to a newspaper article about the nursing home during a news conference, Tuesday, April 8, 2014. in West Babylon, N.Y. The nursing home hired a male exotic dancer to perform for its patients, according to a lawsuit filed by facility resident Bernice Youngblood in State Supreme Court in Suffolk County. Fensterman acknowledged the home hired the dancer, but said that Youngblood’s attendance was voluntary. AP
WEST BABYLON, United States—A lawsuit claims an 85-year-old woman was subjected to an unwanted performance by a male stripper when she was living at a New York nursing home.
The lawsuit was filed last month by the relatives of the former patient at the East Neck Nursing and Rehabilitation Center on Long Island.
It claims that the woman’s son found a photograph in January 2013 of a male stripper gyrating in front of the woman. It is not known who shot the photo or when it was taken. Other patients are also in the photo.
The lawsuit says a nurse said the stripper performance was part of an entertainment event.
An administrator at the nursing home has not returned a telephone message and emails seeking comment.
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