Music
New Yorker says Rihanna's lipstick gave her herpes
by Tyler Munro
May 31, 2013
image via Vogue
New Yorker Starkeema Greenidge is claiming that she contracted the herpes virus after sampling Rihanna-branded lipstick at the singer’s recent gig in Brooklyn.
Naturally, she’s suing. “I wasn’t able to work for two weeks. It cost me a lot of money,” said Greenidge to the New York Daily News.
To clarify, she’s suing MAC Cosmetics, not RiRi, on allegations that those running the pop-up stand were reusing samples on clients.
“(MAC) didn’t use a fresh or new lipstick tube, but rather one that had been used for other patrons,” she explains.
According to Greenidge, she developed a cold sore on her lip two days later which doctors later diagnosed as herpes. In addition to suing for what we imagine is a big whack of cash, the suit also urges the cosmetics company to train its employees to use disposable samples.
