Smelly Pooch Clan Must Go: O'Brien

'Outrageous' CNN reporter wants tenants evicted from NY loft
By Wesley Oliver,  Newser Staff
Posted Jan 19, 2009 5:52 PM CST
Smelly Pooch Clan Must Go: O'Brien
NEW YORK - MAY 28: News Anchor Soledad O'Brien poses with Elmo at the 6th Annual Sesame Workshop Benefit Gala at Cipriani 42nd Street on May 28, 2008 in New York City.   (Getty Images)

Man’s best friend has an enemy in Soledad O’Brien, the New York Post reports. The CNN correspondent and other members of her building’s co-op board are trying to evict a family from their Manhattan loft because of their pooch. “She told me at a shareholder’s meeting that my dog stinks,” said Steven Lyons, owner of Ugo, a 150-pound mastiff.

In a 20-page affidavit, O’Brien, the board’s secretary, complained about Ugo’s “size, slobbery, shedding, drooling, gassiness, and odors.” Lyons said neighbors welcomed him, his wife, and three children when they bought their $3 million, 4,000-square-foot loft in 2003, but that changed when they got Ugo 2 years ago. O’Brien’s “behavior has been particularly outrageous,” said Lyons, whose wife added, “She did get in my face.”
(More New York stories.)

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