The Slashing of NYC Model Marla Hanson (1986) & NON-Creepy Surgical Charities
What a Creep
Margo Donohue
4.6 • 1.2K Ratings
🗓️ 16 December 2023
⏱️ 51 minutes
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Summary
The 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 he hired for the mission, Steven Bowman and Darren Norman, tried to paint Marla as a man-eater who thrived on attention. Their defense attorney, Alton H. Maddox, said at the beginning of the trial: "I will tell you about a woman named Marla Hanson, who was after every man in this city, a woman who preyed on men and their relationships with women."
They were all found guilty, but Marla still lives with the emotional scars of being a victim, not just of the slashing but of the sometimes brutal justice system, which made her feel as if she were the one who should have been on trial. Today, we discuss this case and its repercussions on Marla and how she fights to protect victims.
Trigger warning: Sexual Assault & Violence
Sources for this episode:
- Texas Monthly
- Washington Post (1987)
- Marla Hanson (Wikipedia)
- New York Magazine
- Little Things
- The Marla Hanson Story (IMDB)
- Daily Mail
- Netflix: Skin Decision “Beauty Isn’t Dangerous”
- New York Times
- New York Times (2)
- New York Post
- Transcript of Larry King interview in 2002
Plastic surgery nonprofits
- ReSurge International
- Operation Smile
- FreshStart
- Mission Plasticos
- myFace at American Academy of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to What a Creep. The show with Margotaniu and Sonia Mansfield talking about |
| 0:06.0 | creeps from the past to the present. |
| 0:08.8 | This is your quick guide to the biggest Creeps, jerks, ass, and losers, the best of the worst. |
| 0:15.0 | From two nice ladies who want the world to be a Creep, this is Margot-Donohue and my cohort in Crepe as always is the amazing |
| 0:32.4 | Sonia Mansfield. |
| 0:33.7 | Hey Sonia. |
| 0:35.1 | Hello my amazing friend. |
| 0:36.6 | Hello my amazing friend. |
| 0:38.2 | We are the podcast that talks about creeps from the past to the present. |
| 0:42.0 | Today we're talking about a bit of creepy New York |
| 0:45.0 | 1980s stuff that went on, media stuff and all kinds of things. But in case you |
| 0:52.4 | have some ideas for us of creeps to |
| 0:54.1 | or non creeps and just so you all know if you're new. We always end the show with |
| 0:58.8 | someone or something that is not a creep so you end up leaving feeling good about the world or at least |
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