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Podcast: What a Creep
Episode: The Slashing of NYC Model Marla Hanson (1986) & NON-Creepy Surgical Charities
Description: What a CreepSeason 23, Episode 2The 1986 Attack on Model Marla Hanson On Thursday, June 5, 1986, in New York City, 24-year-old Marla Hanson was lashed across her face with razors at the behest of her landlord (Steven Roth), who was fascinated with the rising model and upset she wanted to leave his apartment building. The case made her famous across the country for her moxie and vitality. It was also yet another reminder of how violent New York was in the 1980s. The eventual trials against Roth and later the two men...