This just sounds horrible. SMH. MMA fighter Waylon Lowe is suing a Philly sex shop after a gel left his genitals badly burned and scarred his genitals. No one wants to hear this kind of story. Details after the jump…
Via NYP:
A former UFC fighter is suing a Philadelphia sex shop and the makers of a gel he says burned and scarred his genitals.
The Philadelphia Daily News reports 32-year-old Michael Waylon Lowe alleges the Kama Sutra Pleasure Balm Prolonging Gel left him permanently disfigured and dysfunctional. He’s suing the manufacturer and the place where he bought it, The Mood.
Lowe is 14-4 in his professional mixed-martial-arts career in the Ultimate Fighting Championship and other circuits since 2006. His attorney, Thomas R. Kline, says he’s a man who makes a living avoiding injury and if the product hurts him, it could hurt anyone.
“This is a very private, but very significant loss for a man who is very vital in so many other aspects,” Kline told philly.com. “This is a man who literally makes his living avoiding injury; he knows how to protect himself. Yet he wasn’t provided with the most basic, simple instructions to protect himself from this product. If it could happen to him, it could happen to anyone.”
Lowe claims he used the desensitizing gel without problem previously, but on Sept. 1 when he and his fiance took a break from having sex so she could tend to their 3-year-old daughter, he “began to experience excruciating pain and pressure in his penis,” the lawsuit states. “He removed the condom and his penis swelled significantly. He sought emergency medical treatment and follow-up care thereafter.”
It claims that Lowe suffered “catastrophic and permanent damage,” including penile scarring, loss of sensation and function; nerve and tissue damage; humiliation, embarrassment and mental anguish; lost wages and earning capacity; and loss of life’s pleasures.
Kama Sutra Co. President Marla Lee calls the claims “flabbergasting” and says the product’s been sold for more than 40 years without incident. The shop’s owner says the product is off the shelves.
