Linda Evangelista isn't hiding anymore. Nearly five months after the 56-year-old supermodel filed a lawsuit claiming she was «brutally disfigured» by a fat-freezing procedure, she's no longer covering up.«I loved being up on the catwalk.
Now I dread running into someone I know,» Evangelista tells. «I can't live like this anymore, in hiding and shame. I just couldn't live in this pain any longer.
I'm willing to finally speak.»Evangelista filed her $50 million lawsuit in September 2021 after she says she underwent a Zeltiq's FDA-approved CoolSculpting procedure in 2016.
ET previously reached out to Zeltiq Aesthetics for comment.In court docs previously obtained by ET, Evangelista claimed that her «quality of life, her career, and her body» were all ruined in 2016 after she says she was permanently disfigured as a result of allegedly using ZELTIQ's CoolSculpting System as well as undergoing multiple procedures and surgeries required to try to correct those physical injuries as directed by ZELTIQ.«Evangelista now tells that, within three months of her claiming a procedure, she started noticing bulges at her chin, thighs and bra area.
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