Woman Loses Case Over 'Bin Laden' Hairstyle
HONG KONG (Reuters) - A Hong Kong woman lost her case for compensation
against a hair salon which she claimed made her look like Osama
bin Laden when she wanted a hairstyle like Hollywood actress Julia
Roberts.
After the judgement was handed down, she refused to leave the
Small Claims Tribunal and had to be taken away by ambulance following
a standoff of more than an hour with court staff, the South China
Morning Post reported on Thursday.
Chu Ieu complained her hair was seriously damaged by two perms
she had done at the New Idol Hair Salon last July and August.
"Do you mean you did not get the Julia Roberts look after
the perm?" adjudicator Yuen Chun-kau asked her during the
Wednesday hearing.
"Not just that. It was like a broom. Every hair struck out
and it looked like an open umbrella which could not be shut. It
was horrible. I looked like Osama bin Laden," Chu replied.
Yuen dismissed her claim for HK$50,000 (US$6,410) in compensation
as she had offered no evidence to prove her hair had been damaged.
"You've only shown the court that the hairstyle did not look
good," he said.
But Chu said that Yuen was not sympathetic to her claim.
"He's bald. Of course he would not know the pain of having
damaged hair," Chu fretted, sitting on the floor of the courtroom
in protest against the judgement.