Controversial fashion photographer Terry Richardson was accused this week of tying a 19-year-old Slovenian model to an active section of railroad tracks. The incident allegedly occurred during an editorial shoot in the Nevada desert, where Richardson is said to have “twirled his mustache” and was “generally very dastardly.”
The model expressed discomfort when Richardson began villainously wringing his hands, encouraging her to take off her top. In spite of her flailing objections, he put on a top hat, pranced over to her and hoisted her above his head like a two-by-four as he cavorted over to the nearby tracks.
His assistant is alleged to have handed the model a towel to wipe off the spittle she had on her face from Richardson’s maniacal cackling. When she protested, the unnamed assistant said, “Being a model means you have to be comfortable with things like being tied to train tracks while yelling ‘HALP! HALP!’ You know he’s famous, right?”
The model’s boyfriend, a Canadian mounted police officer, heard her cries for halp and was able to intervene just moments before the train arrived.
Richardson took to Twitter to express frustration with the latest allegations:
