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Three shelter security guards are suing the city and Mayor Eric Adams’ embattled former advisor Tim Pearson, alleging he attacked them last fall when they asked for his identification at the entrance to a midtown migrant shelter.
“Bitch, do you know who I am?” Pearson shouted at Arrow Security employee Leesha Bell, as he grabbed her by the neck with both hands and threw her to the ground, according to the lawsuit filed Monday in State Supreme Court. He also physically shoved two other guards, Terrance Rosenthal and Angelica Weldon, in the altercation, according to the lawsuit.
Nicholas Paolucci, a spokesperson for the city’s Law Department, which is representing Pearson in a series of four sexual harassment lawsuits he faces, declined to comment on the latest lawsuit against Pearson. Pearson’s personal lawyer Hugh Mo, who is representing Pearson in the federal inquiry into Adams and his associates, didn’t return a request for comment immediately.