A 400-pound felon who claims he spent eight months in jail in one set of street clothes, because the city wouldn’t find him fashion that fit is hoping to tip the scales of justice with a $1 million federal lawsuit. No wait! Wait! 400 lbs., one set of clothes and eight months does not smell right. (LOL) Who was his bunky? His bunky should be the one suing. click below to find out more.
Elias A. Diaz, 55, says the Correction Department should pay up for forcing him to do his time in the T-shirt and sweats in which he was arrested. Diaz claims he was humiliated by the improper jailhouse attire and will need “expensive†therapy to come to grips with the fashion faux pas. The 5-foot-10 behemoth claims administrators at the Vernon C. Bain Center in The Bronx made no effort to get him out of his smelly, worn-out duds and into an official green jumpsuit after his sentencing. The officials didn’t see “fit to stock any clothing beyond the size of 6X,†Diaz claims. Meanwhile, Diaz wears at least a 7X. “I wake up still thinking I’m in jail and washing and washing and never feeling like I can wash enough,†Diaz told The Post outside his Bronx home last week. “I never felt clean in there. And I cannot feel clean now no matter what I do.â€
