Celebrity Stylist Denies Hate Crime: My Grandma Died in Auschwitz
A celebrity stylist accused of an antisemitic attack on a rabbi in front of Manhattan’s historic Chelsea Hotel admits he swung a bag at him after an argument, but denied he used a slur.
“I’m Jewish. I love Jewish. I love Jews,” 52-year-old Aleksander Janik told The Daily Beast after Rabbi Chezky Wolff’s allegations were splashed in the New York Post.
Janik—who was interviewed Wednesday after being exclusively identified by The Daily Beast—called the claim “disrespectful” and “absolutely appalling,” adding, “My grandmother was in Auschwitz.”