Shady NYC piercing shop butchered woman’s tongue, sending her to ER: lawsuit

Source: New York Post

A shady New York City body piercer repeatedly jabbed a woman’s tongue with a needle, causing “massive bleeding” and severe injuries that landed her in the ER, a new lawsuit alleges. Elsa Weingeist, 25, visited Funky Town on St. Marks Place in the East Village in September to get a tongue stud — lured by a storefront advertising “body piercings.