A woman who was raped after opening the door to her Manhattan apartment posing as a delivery man to a stranger, sued the building’s owners, stating that between the complex and the adjacent parking garage There should be a closed door, new court papers.
The 27-year-old victim was allegedly knocked unconscious and raped by homeless man Eliza Kelly in her Coops Bay apartment on 30th Street on New Year’s Eve.
23-year-old Kelly was arrested a few days later and a criminal rape case is pending against him. Kelly – who is not named in the lawsuit – is being held on $ 100,000 bail.
The woman is now blaming the building’s owners and the management company – which she has since moved out of – because “an open door exists between the adjacent public parking garage and the residential part of the building, which has no alarm,” “No video surveillance that was being actively monitored,” he was alleged in a Manhattan Supreme Court lawsuit.
The building convinced their tenants that “the building was safe when in fact it was unsafe” court documents claim the area is a high crime.
The woman is suing for unspecified damages.
Her lawyer, Steven Beldock, told The Post, “The gross negligence of the building owner and managing agent resulted in a horrific crime.
“He should never have been in that building.”
“They represent the world that this is a safe building,” Beldock said. “This. Anyone could walk there.”
Swamy could not immediately be reached for comment. Management company Abington Holdings, LLC did not immediately return a request for comment.
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