Milana Dravnel, the 22-year old stripper who appeared in the widely circulated photos of Oscar de la Hoya, is filing a $100 million lawsuit against the boxer, claiming that he unleashed a smear campaign against her to stop the photos from emerging.
The Siberian-born Dravnel filed the papers Thursday morning in Manhattan state Supreme Court against de la Hoya and two unnamed defendants for alleged fraud, defamation, interference with contract, infliction of emotional distress and undue influence.
The pictures were of de la Hoya, dressed in women's underwear. When the pictures emerged publicly in September, Dravnel sold them for $70,000 to a West Coast photo agency.
The de la Hoya camp claimed that the pictures were fake and doctored. However, Dravnel was adamant about their authenticity from the start.
Dravnel claims she had a yearlong affair with the former super welterweight champ during which he exhibited a penchant for wearing women's lingerie.
Dravnel met de la Hoya while dancing at Scores West on 28th Street in Manhattan. She says the pictures in question were snapped during a drunken night at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel in Philadelphia.
The two broke it off in May, and since then de la Hoya, who is married and is expecting a new child with his wife, singer Millie Corretjer, wanted to keep the controversial pictures under wraps.
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