Posted on 12/02/2007 3:34:26 PM PST by RDTF
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (Reuters) - Police probing allegations that someone put pepper spray on a Puerto Rican beauty contestant's clothing said Saturday they would investigate whether anyone lied to them after tests found no traces of the substance on the woman's belongings.
Miss Puerto Rico Universe Ingrid Marie Rivera and pageant organizers claimed that someone had laced her makeup and doused her clothing with a chemical they believed to be pepper spray during the November 23 contest in an attempt to knock her out of the running.
The 24-year-old from the town of Dorado said she broke out in hives and swelling during the pageant and was forced to ice down her face and body backstage during the event.
On Friday, the Caribbean island's Forensic Sciences Institute said the brush and gown, delivered to police four days after the pageant, contained no traces of capsicum, pepper spray's active ingredient. They did not test for other chemicals.
"I guess she has a lot of explaining to do," police spokesman Stephen Alvarez said on Saturday.
-snip-
(Excerpt) Read more at reuters.com ...
Explain yourself.
Since you posted on the thread, you must care.
Darn, guess I should have bought more to hand out as gifts.
Guess the story is true: http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D8TKNJN80&show_article=1
“After a flurry of accusations and skepticism, an exhaustive investigation has determined that someone did try to sabotage a beauty contestant’s bid for the Miss Puerto Rico Universe by dousing her garments with pepper spray, police said Wednesday.”
Thanks for the update!
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.