Kimberley Vlaminck sues her tattoo artist… guess why
A 18 year old girl has been left marked like a ‘freak’ after falling asleep during a tattoo and waking up with 56 stars on her face.
Furious Kimberley Vlaminck said she only wanted three tiny stars needled on to her face but claims tattooist Rouslan Toumaniantz got the instructions wrong and ended up making her look like the Sky At Night.
Kimberley from Belgium sobbed: “I cannot go out on to the street, I am so embarrassed. I just look horrible, a bloody freak.”
The teenager, who was left horrifically scarred, is now suing the ink artist for the £9,000 cost of correction surgery.
She added: “It’s terrible for me.
“I think he didn’t understand what I wanted. He spoke only fractured English and French, but I explicitly said in my native tongue, French, that I wanted three little stars only near my left eye.”
Toumaniantz, 37, who runs a parlour called The Tattoo Box in Courtrai, denies her claim.
He said: “She was awake and looked into the mirror several times as the procedure was taking place. The trouble all started when she went home and her father and boyfriend threw a fit.
“They are saying things now like I doped her or hypnotised her. What rubbish. She asked for 56 stars and that’s what she got.”
To remove the stars would require surgery costing in the region of £9,000.
But even then Kimberley, from Courtrai, has been told there is every chance that her skin will remain white where the stars were inked on in February this year.
She has launched a law suit against Toumiantz seeking damages and the money for the operation.
Toumaniantz was quizzed by police earlier this year but they decided it was a civil matter and that there was nothing they could do.
Toumiantz added: “If they really want the stars removed they have to use a laser device which I do not have because it is very expensive.
“I won’t pay for the treatment. The only concession I would do is give a discount. If they are so dissatisfied they can only pay me 50 Euros because that is the cost of four stars.”
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#1 by Lucious on June 16, 2009 - 10:48 am
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
stupid bit*h
#2 by ace on June 16, 2009 - 11:21 pm
I think the girl is a liar. I find it hard to believe that a tattooist would do something like that against a person’s will. How can someone even fall asleep and not feel the tattoo being performed? That just doesn’t make any sense to me.