It takes two to tango however apparently only one after-party to damage a popularity.
A suburban Seattle man and tango fanatic claims a gin-soaked late-night gathering at a California Airbnb together with his fellow dance lovers left him shunned when one later accused him of spiking the drinks.
Eduard Koller confirmed up at a small gathering after the March 2023 Southern California Tango Competition with tequila and “a gin-based cocktail” in hand, in response to a lawsuit.
The get together broke up with out incident and Koller, 55, took an Uber again to his resort together with 4 of his get together visitors.
However a 12 months later, Koller claims he was barred from a tango marathon in Massachusetts as a result of the co-organizer believed he'd been “inappropriate,” he mentioned in Manhattan Supreme Court docket papers.
James Oh allegedly advised the Redmond, Wash. man solely that he'd acquired “a number of credible claims of inappropriate and dangerous behaviors by you. And I'm not comfy letting you be a part of any occasion I'm organizing or co-organizing,” in response to the litigation.
Koller later discovered Higher East Aspect psychologist Tehela Nimroody had accused him of tampering together with her beverage throughout the California after-party, he mentioned in authorized papers.
The pair weren't alone throughout the get together in query and “didn't share some other kind of relationship or interactions” apart from assembly at three tango occasions between 2022 and 2024, Koller claimed.
Nimroody allegedly ignored a Fb message Koller despatched looking for to make clear her declare, he famous.
Koller is looking for unspecified damages and needs a courtroom order barring Oh and Nimroody from posting any “defamatory and injurious content material” about him.
Oh declined touch upon the litigation. Nimroody didn't reply to messages.
