A summons was issued on Thursday for State Senator Ada L. Smith of Queens, ordering her to appear in criminal court here next month to answer charges that she threw hot coffee in the eyes of a member of her staff.

The staff member, Jennifer Jackson, charged in a complaint that Senator Smith threw the coffee and pulled a hairpiece from her head on Tuesday morning, causing injuries to her eyes, shoulder and back, according to court papers.

The complaint accused Senator Smith of third-degree assault, a misdemeanor.

Senator Smith, a nine-term Democrat, denounced the accusations as lies in a statement she issued on Wednesday, and suggested that they were politically motivated.

If a face full of scalding coffee doesnt turn things your way, you might try biting your colleagues, or perhaps challenging them to an Outsiders-style knife fight. Get out your bicycle chains; its time for an ass-kicking, Senator!

Senator Smith has been in trouble with the police before. She was convicted of speeding past a security checkpoint at a garage here in 2004. And she was accused of biting a New York police officer in Brooklyn in 1998, a charge she denied, saying that the officer had roughed her up.

Senator Smith has also had a tumultuous history with members of her staff. She was once accused of threatening a staff member with a knife, and several others have come forward with accusations of unprofessional behavior.

Senator Smith has denied all the accusations.

LiquidYogi

Claremont, CA

September 2003

MAR 26, 2006 03:31 PM

It must be because she's a Democrat and a Liberal and therefore GODLESS and EVIL!

thorr74

Sylvan Lake, AB

December 2004

MAR 26, 2006 03:34 PM

That story made me immediately think of the female senator from "G.I. Jane"...*shrug*

Subrosa

San Francisco, CA

July 2004

MAR 26, 2006 03:36 PM

She couldn't have done those things. She looks like my grandmother!

catdad

Portland, OR

August 2002

MAR 26, 2006 03:46 PM

Just an isolated incident. There's no widespread abuse going on. Wait...what thread am I in?

Andvari

Calgary, AB

April 2005

MAR 26, 2006 03:49 PM

Subrosa said:
She couldn't have done those things. She looks like my grandmother!

Grandmothers are the worst...all cookies and feshly baked buns....then HELLFIRE!!!

Cigarette

Cleveland, OH

April 2004

MAR 26, 2006 03:49 PM

I'm going to name my child Senator.

PointBlank

New York, NY

November 2004

MAR 26, 2006 03:50 PM

Naomi Campbell is gonna cut a bitch for stealing her ideas

Bastardo

Boston, MA

January 2005

MAR 26, 2006 03:51 PM

thorr74 said:
That story made me immediately think of the female senator from "G.I. Jane"...*shrug*

Off-topic, that actress, Anne Bancroft, is the late wife of Mel Brooks.

[Edited on Mar 26, 2006 by TheBastard]

mitchclem

San Antonio, TX

August 2005

MAR 26, 2006 11:31 PM

I feel for her. I work at a Starbucks, and I couldn't begin to tell you how many times I've wanted to scald people around me with hot coffee, customers and coworkers alike.

JohnClement

Silver Spring, MD

January 2004

MAR 27, 2006 08:46 PM

catdad said:
Just an isolated incident. There's no widespread abuse going on. Wait...what thread am I in?

heh

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Alyk

Boston, MA

February 2005

MAR 26, 2006 01:55 PM

Claremont, CA

September 2003

MAR 26, 2006 03:31 PM

Sylvan Lake, AB

December 2004

MAR 26, 2006 03:34 PM

San Francisco, CA

July 2004

MAR 26, 2006 03:36 PM

Portland, OR

August 2002

MAR 26, 2006 03:46 PM

Calgary, AB

April 2005

MAR 26, 2006 03:49 PM

Cleveland, OH

April 2004

MAR 26, 2006 03:49 PM

New York, NY

November 2004

MAR 26, 2006 03:50 PM

Boston, MA

January 2005

MAR 26, 2006 03:51 PM

mitchclem

San Antonio, TX

August 2005

MAR 26, 2006 11:31 PM

JohnClement

Silver Spring, MD

January 2004

MAR 27, 2006 08:46 PM