Leah McSweeney has become well-known for her bright smile, outgoing personality, and strong brands. However, years ago her image was limited to a mugshot. Your girl does have a wrap sheet and it is quite wild. McSweeney style, she won’t hide the truth about her arrest. “There’s no shame in my game, I am a straight shooter,”She toldPeoplewhile chronicling the details of her run-in with the NYPD.
The year was 2002, and McSweeney was having a heck of a New Year’s Eve, engaging in a 4 am NYC street make-out session following a concert. McSweeney was suddenly separated from her date by police officers, who broke up the crowds. She was shocked to learn that the NYPD had given McSweeney a beating for smooching. McSweeney, 20, was scared and threw a waterbottle at a NYPD officer.
“He turned around and lunged at me and punched me in the face, I fell onto the sidewalk, and suddenly I had four cops on my back, cuffing me,”She said. “I just felt so many knees on my back. And one of them slammed my face into the subway grates and knocked my tooth out.” Although she wound up in the clink, McSweeney turned those lemons into lemonade when she received a $75,000 compensation settlement from the NYPD following the violent incident, per the Daily Mail.