New Jersey cops strip-searched a honeymooning Israeli man and ridiculed his allegedly diminutive private parts, he claims in a new lawsuit.
The man, identified by his initials, O.E., in court papers, had just left the Apple store in the Westfield Garden State Plaza mall in Paramus, while his new bride was shopping elsewhere in November 2015.
The man, who speaks limited English, was stopped by mall security guards and falsely accused of shoplifting, his Bergen County Superior Court suit says.
The 38-year-old man believes he was stopped because he was a foreigner with a heavy accent, his attorney, Rosemarie Arnold, told The Post.
The guards called cops, who found nothing in his bags, but still forced the man to pull down his pants in a public corridor, and inspected inside his underwear — as they chortled at his apparent shortcomings, the suit claims.
Arnold said her client still has nightmares over the incident and suffers heart palpitations, sweats and panic attacks.
The man is suing the mall, the Apple store and the police for unspecified damages.
A mall spokeswoman declined to comment. Reps for Apple and the Paramus police did not return calls.
