A lawsuit alleges that Abigail Elphick was not being racist during the now-viral video and lives in a complex reserved for those with intellectual and developmental disabilities.
, legal filings have since revealed that Elphick is disabled, “with a long history of medical and psychological conditions.” She reportedly lives in a complex reserved for those with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Per the, her lawyers have said in a legal filing that her self-described “meltdown” resulted from fear that Ukenta’s video could threaten her job and housing. Ukenta’s video, they argue, violated her right to privacy.
Tom Toronto, president of Bergen County’s United Way—which administers the complex where Elphick lives—told thethat he was “horrified” to learn of the harassment and threats that Elphick had endured following the video’s release. “She has a disorder,” he said. “She has anxiety. She had a meltdown. Then the world we live in took over and it became something entirely different than what it actually was.
Ukenta’s lawyers, meanwhile, argue that she filmed Elphick because she was “keenly aware that if the police were called, she, a Black woman, may not be believed.” As for why she chose to post the video, Ukenta’s lawyer, Tracey C. Hinson, told theBack in 2021, Victoria’s Secret posted a
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