Man stalked by Mafia for not being a model

I would say "this is just weird", but really, it's pretty scary... I'm not sure how trustworthy The Register is, but something tells me this sort of thing is not rare.

Apple sued over shrink-wrapped Mafia death threats

A Beverly Hills, California man is suing Apple, the St. Louis Police Department, the FBI, an auto mechanic, and others for aiding and abetting the Italian Mafia's attempt to force him to become a New York fashion model.

Plaintiff George McKenna filed a painstakingly detailed 124-page pro se complaint with the US District Court of the Eastern District of Missouri contending that his troubles began when "three members of the alleged Italian Mafia proceeded to threaten to murder Plaintiff at a nightclub called Velvet located in St. Louis, Missouri."

The nefarious Mafiosi, it seemed, made McKenna an offer he couldn't refuse in their plot to force him to continue working as a fashion model at a New York agency called Bossmodels.

"We're going to kill you if you don't model for us in New York," the bad guys allegedly threatened the refusenik Brüno.

A few weeks later, when the Mafia appeared at his home, McKenna - as would any right-minded citizen - called the St. Louis Police Department. And that's when things got weird.

"Despite being held at gunpoint and receiving threats of imminent death from the Mafia members, the STLPD officers wrongfully refused to arrest the perpetrators and left the scene of the crime," which allowed the miscreants to "stalk, make extortion threats, attempt rape, and kidnap Plaintiff."

McKenna tried to get help from the FBI. But no dice. They said it was an STLPD matter.

Then the Mafia began to harass McKenna through "illegal communication devices planted in his home, vehicle, residence, workplace, church, and other places that he publicly frequents."

Understandably, he hired a private investigations company with the reassuringly professional name of A-1 Private Investigations to sweep his home for bugs - which the complaint alleges were found in his "bedroom, living room, upstairs bathroom, and Toyota Camry."

However, after McKenna presented the bug-discovering report to the STLPD, A-1 denied it. "As a direct and proximate result, the Mafia was allowed to continue stalking, extorting, and torturing Plaintiff."

Many more details in the linked article.