Turns out that the man who claims his penis was injured by a Starbucks toilet seat is an attorney. Imagine that. Edward Skwarek who is suing Starbucks after his penis got crushed in a faulty toilet says he finds the massive interest in his misfortune "bizarre." Imagine that.
Originally reported as $1.5 million, Skwarek, 37, is suing Starbucks Corp. for $2.2 million after being badly injured in the men's room of one of the coffee giant's stores in Manhattan. Imagine that. Skwarek's wife Sheri, 35, said the couple has received hundreds of media calls from "every conceivable" city, among them Los Angeles, Chicago and even Memphis. That we can imagine.
"They're mostly radio stations," she said, and they're begging her husband to appear on their shows. [Let's guess. One of them is Howard Stern.] Althougbh he was first playing cute on the isse, Skwarek finally admitted he was an attorney after some investigation on his background discovered that he was called to the bar last February. Skwarek said he didn't admit the fact because he "was just hoping and praying that the story would just die a natural death." [Is this guy out there or what?"]
Skwarek said he works for the Ontario Securities Commission and his lawyer status is irrelevant. "The type of law I practise has nothing to do with litigation whatsoever," he said. [Skwarek might want to consider ambulance chasing in his next life.] Skwarek said he's getting very tired of his 15 minutes of fame, and the "international coverage" his misfortune is getting comes as a complete shock.
"I honestly have no idea (what's driving it)," he said. "People can react to the oddest things, in the oddest ways. He said he will not appear on radio shows or way-out crazy American tabloid TV shows.
Just shows to go you, a penis will prick anyone's interest.
