Woman Claims She Found a Fingertip in Chicken Wrap She Bought at N.Y.C. Restaurant

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A New York woman claims she found a human fingertip in her chicken wrap ordered from a restaurant in Astoria, N.Y.

Mary Elizabeth Smith, 43, alleges that she purchased the chicken wrap "to go" at Create Astoria on Nov. 17, 2023

Smith says she was “permanently traumatized” by the experience and has filed a lawsuit, but the restaurant calls her claim "ludicrous"

A New York woman claims she found a human fingertip in food she purchased from a local restaurant.

Mary Elizabeth Smith, 43, of Manhattan alleges that the incident occurred on Nov. 17, 2023, after she ordered a chicken wrap "to go" at Create Astoria, a Mediterranean restaurant in Queens, according to a legal complaint obtained by PEOPLE that was filed in the New York County Supreme Court on Aug. 7. The restaurant