Former Top Chef Contestant Alledgedly Attacked By Hate Motivated Crowd

October 4, 2007 Julie Bolcer, GO Staff

A group of people with anti-gay motivations allegedly attacked former Top Chef contestant, Josie-Smith Malave, her sister, Julie Smith, and their friend, Emily Durwood, outside the Partners bar in Sea Cliff, in Nassau, Long Island, on Sept 1. Smith-Malave and Durwood are both out lesbians who live in Brooklyn.

Josie Smith-Malave and friends attacked outside a Long Island bar.

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