Black Widow
06-23-2009, 01:11 PM
A TEENAGE girl who claimed 56 stars were tattooed on her face while she slept when she only wanted THREE has admitted she lied.
Belgian Kimberley Vlaminck said she fell asleep when she had the tattoos but now says she was awake all the time.
Kimberley said she lied because her father was "furious" after seeing her face.
She had insisted she dozed off after asking the tattooist for just three small stars - then woke in horror to find her face was covered
She blamed the Flemish-speaking tattooist for not being able to understand her French and English instructions.
Amid a frenzy of media attention, she then vowed to sue tattoo artist Rouslan Toumaniantz for the £9,000 she needed for laser surgery to have them removed.
She said after the tattooing last week: "It is terrible for me. I cannot go out on to the street. I look like a freak."
But the 18-year-old has finally confessed she did not fall asleep, that she wanted all the stars and was "fully aware" of what tattooist Rouslan Toumaniantz was doing.
Fury
Ms Vlaminck told a Dutch TV crew: "I asked for 56 stars and initially adored them.
"But when my father saw them, he was furious.
"So I said I fell asleep and that the tattooist mad made a mistake."
Toumaniantz - himself covered from head to foot in tattoos and piercings - had consistently denied he had made a mistake and always insisted Vlaminck wanted all 56 stars.
He said at the time: "I maintain that she absolutely agreed that I tattoo those 56 stars on the left side of her face."
But despite insisting Vlaminck had asked for all the stars, he still initially agreed to pay for half of the treatment to remove the tattoos.
He said: "Kimberley is unhappy and it is not my wish to have an unsatisfied client."
"I don't regret it. To tell you the truth, this has given me some publicity."
Toumanaintz is now said to have withdrawn his cash offer and said from now on he will get written consent from clients before he begins tattooing.
The Sun
Belgian Kimberley Vlaminck said she fell asleep when she had the tattoos but now says she was awake all the time.
Kimberley said she lied because her father was "furious" after seeing her face.
She had insisted she dozed off after asking the tattooist for just three small stars - then woke in horror to find her face was covered
She blamed the Flemish-speaking tattooist for not being able to understand her French and English instructions.
Amid a frenzy of media attention, she then vowed to sue tattoo artist Rouslan Toumaniantz for the £9,000 she needed for laser surgery to have them removed.
She said after the tattooing last week: "It is terrible for me. I cannot go out on to the street. I look like a freak."
But the 18-year-old has finally confessed she did not fall asleep, that she wanted all the stars and was "fully aware" of what tattooist Rouslan Toumaniantz was doing.
Fury
Ms Vlaminck told a Dutch TV crew: "I asked for 56 stars and initially adored them.
"But when my father saw them, he was furious.
"So I said I fell asleep and that the tattooist mad made a mistake."
Toumaniantz - himself covered from head to foot in tattoos and piercings - had consistently denied he had made a mistake and always insisted Vlaminck wanted all 56 stars.
He said at the time: "I maintain that she absolutely agreed that I tattoo those 56 stars on the left side of her face."
But despite insisting Vlaminck had asked for all the stars, he still initially agreed to pay for half of the treatment to remove the tattoos.
He said: "Kimberley is unhappy and it is not my wish to have an unsatisfied client."
"I don't regret it. To tell you the truth, this has given me some publicity."
Toumanaintz is now said to have withdrawn his cash offer and said from now on he will get written consent from clients before he begins tattooing.
The Sun