Woman Demands $40 Million After Her Br*asts Were Fondled By Doctor

A perverted pharmacist gave a bogus br*ast exam to an unsuspecting woman inside a midtown Duane Reade store, a scandalous lawsuit alleged.
Fashion editor Hayat Ammouri, 42, a devout Muslim, is suing Monesh Hanoman and the pharmacy he used to work at to the tune of $40 million,claiming she was subjected to an offensive manual mammogram on April 22.
The pharmacist pinched and "sadistically and perversely rubbed Ms. Ammouri's brèasts" for about four minutes, according to court papers filed Tuesday in Manhattan Supreme Court.
A visitor from Lebanon, Ammouri entered the Lexington Ave. shop to buy over-the-counter medication and Hanoman, 26, recommended a blood pressure test, the suit said. He took her to an enclosed partition, toldher to remove her coat, sweater and scarf and, after the routine check, saideverything was normal.
But he didn't stop there. Hanoman then allegedly offered to also perform a brèast exam, to which the unwitting Ammouri agreed. The purportedly depraved druggist pulled down her T-shirt "and pushed each cup of her bra to the side so that her brèasts were fully exposed," the suit said. He inquired whether she ever gave birth or brèastfed while groping her, according to the complaint.
The embarrassed editor stood with her arms raised for an unreasonably long time — an interval that was captured by video cameras and should have raised alarm among employees, the court papers charge.
After Hanoman informed her it's "all good," Ammouri returned to her room at the Waldorf-Astoria. She told her cousin the next day about the odd "exam."
He informed her "that such exam was not normal," the suit said.
The alleged assault was reported to police and the case has been referred to prosecutors, who have been in touch with Ammouri — who is back home — and are weighing charges, said her lawyer, Joseph Tacopina.
"It's such a violation of trust," the attorney added. "After our investigation, I don't think it was an aberrant act."
The drug store giant became aware of what happened and subsequently sacked Hanoman.
"Upon learning of this incident, we conducted a prompt investigation and the individual involved is no longer employed by Duane Reade," said spokesman Calvin Peters. "We truly regret that this occurred."
A pharmacist at the store where Hanoman used to work said the ex-supervisor hasn't been there for a few months.
But the man's firing came as news to his parents, who live with him in Sunset Park, Brooklyn. His father, Lachman Hanoman, said he never heard of any problems and that his 26-year-old son has been leaving for work every morning, returning late in the day.
"My son would never do something like this," said the shell-shocked dad.
The lawsuit contends Ammouri, who returned to Beirut, where she works for Laha Magazine, still carries emotional scars from the alleged abusive experience.
"Ms. Ammouri has been incredibly traumatized, humiliated and now suffers from severe emotional distress and other related psychological injuries," the suit said.