Lawyer says lover swindled her out of $25K with movie scam
A Manhattan attorney claims her lawyer lover used sweet talk and name-dropping to scam her out of $25,000.
After she met fellow attorney Lavell Malloy last summer, he “immediately pursued” a romantic relationship, says Tanya Giorgini in a Manhattan Supreme Court lawsuit.
He tried to sell her on his film and television company, Egoless Pictures, which purportedly was hunting for investors.
Malloy and alleged Egoless employee Kelly Davis produced marketing materials to convince Giorgini to invest, she claims.
Giorgini received an e-mail from someone who claimed to be John Buffalo Mailer, the son of famed author Norman Mailer, who thanked her for a $25,000 investment she had not yet made, the lawsuit says.
Giorgini finally wrote a check. That’s when Malloy’s story — and their relationship — fell apart.
She learned that Davis was Malloy’s girlfriend and that Egoless Pictures never existed, Giorgini claims.
Malloy and Davis did not return a message. Mailer did not respond to a request for comment.