New York Post

Naked aggression

Appalled gal ‘attacks’ Times Sq. desnuda

- By BEN FEUERHERD, LARRY CELONA and YARON STEINBUCH Additional reporting by Amber Jamieson ysteinbuch@nypost.com

A crazed woman attacked a desnuda in Times Square, calling her a “nasty whore” before pummeling her in front of shocked tourists Saturday afternoon, lawenforce­ment sources and witnesses said.

“Some girl from out of nowhere said, ‘You nasty! I don’t like the way you look,’ and then punched her in the face for no reason,” Mitchell Norman, 29, told The Post. “She knocked her out of nowhere.”

Both women were hauled off in cuffs after the busty brawl and slapped with disorderly conduct charges.

The latest trouble involving the painted ladies at the Crossroads of the World began as desnuda Amanda Roman, 23, was chatting with a female tourist who wanted her to pose with her hubby.

“I was talking to her. I asked, ‘How much is it?’ She said, ‘ Whatever you can give,’ ” said Donna Myer, of Florida.

“I didn’t have no money. I said, ‘Let me go to the bank.’ The girl turned around, who was walking by, and said: ‘You’re a nasty whore! You disgust me!’ Then she just came over and started beating the hell out of her!”

Myer shot video of the catfight as the two women traded blows while rolling around on the sidewalk.

Among those who came to Roman’s defense was her boyfriend and handler, Chris Olivieri, 25.

The alleged attacker would only identify herself as “Russia,” but police sources later identified her as Angela L. Portalatin, 27.

Both women were surrounded by a throng as cops handcuffed a smiling Roman and passersby yelled at Portalatin and asked why the desnuda was being detained.

Portalatin, whose white Tshirt was smeared with red paint, yelled back at the crowd that Roman was the assailant — but several people shouted that the brawl was caught on video.

“You know, I’m uncomforta­ble with the nudity, not with nudity in general, but I just came out of Toys ‘R’ Us. The women are standing in front of the kids’ store naked,” Portalatin said.

“I told her she looked nasty and disgusting and she punched me in my face. She hit me first . . . I didn’t hit her until after she hit me. And I was attacked by several other people who were with her.”

Roman pointed to a small scratch and countered: “I was attacked. You can see on my face. She punched me. And then we get into an altercatio­n. I’ve had a long day.”

Mayor de Blasio has embarked on a qualityofl­ife crackdown in Times Square by adding cops to the bustling tourist mecca.

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nuda Amanda Roman (above) was attacked Saturday in Times Square allegedly by Angela Portalatin (far left) who thought Roman posing at a Toys “R” Us was “nasty.”
‘BARE’-KNUCKLE: Des nuda Amanda Roman (above) was attacked Saturday in Times Square allegedly by Angela Portalatin (far left) who thought Roman posing at a Toys “R” Us was “nasty.”

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