She’s a splash mad.
Accused serial dine-and-dash diva Pei Chung, 34, was ordered to bear a psych analysis Wednesday by a Brooklyn choose after her legal professional claimed she will be able to’t perceive the costs towards her.
Chung’s legal professional Henry Dechalus requested the psychological well being analysis — often called a “730 examination” — throughout a listening to over the designer dud-flaunting wannabe influencer’s aversion to forking over money for her connoisseur meals.
Dechalus contended that Chung — who wasn’t in courtroom Wednesday after waiving her proper to look — doesn’t perceive the failure-to-pay fees leveled towards her.
“Right now, I can be asking for a 730 examination,” Dechalus mentioned.
“I spoke to my consumer. She doesn’t perceive the proceedings. She has some issue speaking with counsel. She doesn’t essentially perceive the costs alleged towards her.”
Decide Hemalee Patel granted the analysis and scheduled a Dec. 17 courtroom date for Chung, who’s being held on Rikers Island.
The listening to served up the most recent nugget within the saucy saga swirling round Chung, who had cops known as on her at the least 10 instances up to now month for allegedly skipping out on restaurant tabs.
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Fed-up restaurant staff at culinary hotspots reminiscent of Francie, Lavender Lake, Motorino and Peter Luger have advised related tales of Chung posing as a meals influencer, all whereas bedecked in glamorous duds.
The Louis Vuitton and Hermes that Chung — whose Instagram brags she’s “99 lb No cosmetic surgery” –toted to Motorino on Nov. 11 simply value greater than $10,000, the eatery’s discerning proprietor had estimated.
She ordered lavish meals, reminiscent of her Oct. 22 feast at Francie the place she noshed on $15 foie gras, $32 carpaccio, $28 bucatini, $52 lamb, and $19 scorching chocolate mousse.
However whereas Chung superficially flashed wealth, the eateries contend she’s really a greasy cheapskate.
Chung served up bank cards that had been declined, tried to supply social media posts free of charge haute meals and as soon as — in response to employees at Peter Luger — even proposed intercourse in lieu of cost.
The stingy fake foodie additionally allegedly didn’t let her many arrests cease her scamming — and mocked cops in Instagram captions.
“Cops threw out my takeout delicacies once more which I organized them within the bar like a professional,’’ she wrote after allegedly ordering $123 in meals at Sea Thai in Brooklyn and refusing to pay.
The alleged non-spending spree ultimately caught as much as Chung over the weekend, as a choose ordered her held on $4,500 money bail. Immigration authorities are additionally trying into whether or not Chung, who hails from Taiwan, overstayed a pupil visa.
She has since been holed up in Rikers Island, the place the Thanksgiving menu presents a variety of roast turkey, “bread dressing,” candied yams and two pats of margarine – a far cry from the Peter Luger steak that she raved on her weblog carries the “essence of oak and iron from the grill.”
