Driver Sues Eddy Curry for Sexual Harassment

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A man who worked for three years as Eddy Curry’s driver is suing Curry, alleging sexual harassment and a failure to pay him tens of thousands of dollars.

In a lawsuit filed Monday in federal court, the former driver, Dave Kuchinsky, claimed that Curry, the Knicks’ center, owed him $68,000 in back wages and another $25,000 for charges made on Kuchinsky’s credit card. In the suit, Kuchinsky also described two incidents in which he claimed Curry dropped his pants and made lewd and suggestive remarks.

Curry steadfastly denied the allegations Monday. Curry’s lawyer, Kelly Saindon, called the allegations “preposterous” and added, “In my opinion, it’s extortion.”

Curry, 26, is married and has four children. Kuchinsky began working for Curry in October 2005. He quit last October, according to his lawyer, Matt Blit.

“My client called up Eddy and said I need to get paid,” said Blit, of Levine and Blit in Manhattan. “If we came to an agreement, we wouldn’t have filed suit.”

Saindon said Kuchinsky’s salary was $3,600 a month and that he was paid in full before he and Curry parted ways. Saindon said that Kuchinsky called her in early December and asked for two months’ wages, because he “was upset he was let go.” She said that Kuchinsky made no mention at the time of “gay sex propositions or dirty towels or racial slurs or anything about a gun” — accusations made in the suit.

Curry said the allegations were “absolutely false; just incredible.”

“I guess it’s just a prime example of you just got to watch who you have around you,” Curry said, “because this is a guy who I really thought he was my friend.”