Woman Claims Human Fingertip Found in Chicken Wrap Sparks Legal Battle
Maya Rivers, a self-proclaimed wannabe poet with a penchant for drama and detail, brings you this tale of culinary chaos and courtroom confrontation. Ah, the irony—where hunger meets horror, and a simple chicken wrap becomes a scene from a macabre sonnet.
Let us begin not with a flourish, but with a bite—a single bite into what should have been an ordinary meal at a Queens eatery, only to uncover something far more grotesque than grilled chicken and lettuce. Mary Elizabeth Smith claims she bit into a fingertip, human and whole, while dining at Create in Astoria, New York City, back in November 2023. What followed was not nausea alone, but a lawsuit that has turned heads, twisted stomachs, and sparked a fiery debate over food safety and accountability.
In her legal filing, obtained by TMZ, Smith alleges that the fingertip was fully embedded within the wrap, and that the experience left her with “severe, catastrophic, and permanent injuries.” Her attorney, Robert Menna, wasted no time in sending the alleged digit to a lab, where it was confirmed as human tissue belonging to a woman. The evidence? Photographs of the fingertip, preserved like a relic from a horror film, now serve as the centerpiece of a bizarre yet serious legal claim.
The restaurant owner, Teddy Karagianni, owner of two Create locations in Astoria, calls the lawsuit “ridiculous” and “disgusting,” suggesting it’s nothing more than a cash grab. He denies any female staff were working the kitchen line on the day of the incident, pointing out that his female employees are stationed at the front counter, not wielding knives. He challenges Smith to take a DNA test if she wishes, though Menna argues that such a move would be futile given the layers of supply chain complexity—from suppliers to prep stations—that could obscure the origin of the fingertip.
Menna insists that regardless of whether the fingertip came directly from a Create employee or entered the food chain earlier, the restaurant is ultimately responsible for ensuring its meals are safe. “You simply can’t serve food with human tissue,” he says, framing the case as a matter of public health and consumer trust.
Karagianni, meanwhile, is preparing a countersuit for slander, claiming the allegations have tarnished his business reputation and caused undue panic among customers. As negotiations with his attorneys continue, the restaurateur remains defiant, insisting that his kitchens maintain strict hygiene standards and that such an incident would require multiple failures across several stages of food preparation.
What began as a routine lunch order has spiraled into a media spectacle and a legal showdown. Whether this story ends in a courtroom win, a settlement, or a dismissal remains to be seen—but one thing is certain: the world of casual dining just got a little more unsettling.
And so, the tale concludes—not with a toast, but with a shudder.
Sources: Celebrity Storm and TMZ
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