Woman Sues Victoria's Secret Claiming Thong Injury

A woman who says she was hurt by her thong underwear when a metal clip flew off and hit her in the eye has sued Victoria's Secret.

Macrida Patterson, who is a 52-year-old Los Angeles traffic officer, says she suffered cuts to her cornea from the small piece of metal that had been used to secure a rhinestone heart onto the blue thong and that the injury caused her "excruciating pain."

"I was putting on my underwear from Victoria's Secret and the metal popped in my eye. It happened really quickly. I was in excruciating pain. I screamed. That's what happened," Patterson tells NBC.

Her lawyer, Jason Buccat, says the metal staple causes "severe damage" to her cornea that required her to take a 'topical steroid'.

The lawsuit filed in Los Angeles seeks unspecified damages.

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