January 10th, 2008 • Related • Filed Under
Police said they expect the imminent arrest of two beauty pageant employees, as they wrapped up an investigation into a plot to sabotage a Puerto Rican contestant by dousing her garments with pepper spray. The pageant’s security director and a catwalk co-ordinator, alleged backers of a rival to beauty queen Ingrid Marie Rivera, will likely be charged with assault in coming days after detectives consult with prosecutors, police spokesman Lt. Eddie Hernandez said Tuesday. The scandal broke when Rivera claimed saboteurs conspired to torpedo her pageant bid at November’s Miss Puerto Rico Universe competition by tainting her clothes and makeup kit with pepper spray, causing her to break out in hives.
