UPDATE: Black Ink Studios owner and star of the VH1 Show Black Ink Crew, Ceaser and girlfriend Dutchess, went to their Instagrams to vent about the allegations against the shop.
“My business has been in Harlem for 5 years and never had hear anything but good things about my business. And soon we get on TV the bulls*%t starts. False allegations and slander are being put out on the media displayed by people basically looking for a quick money schemes. But nobodies covering or care that the facts are all of the allegations are FALSE..” Ceaser
Caesar’s girlfriend and costar of the VH1 reality show Dutchess, had this to say to a fan:
“How money hungry does it look for her to slander the business and not her hired individual contractor who IS NOT a regular employee and IS NOT a Black Ink Crew cast member?”
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Original:A trip to a popular tattoo shop, featured on a VH1 reality show, sent Loni Tate to the hospital with an infection and permanent scars! More details after the jump.
This wasn’t Loni’s first tattoo. The Harlem native and fan of the popular reality show, ‘Black Ink Crew’ went to the Black Ink Studio to get her sixth tatt. This wasn’t even her first time at the shop. Back in January 2014, Tate had gotten a butterfly flying out of a skull tatted on her arm. “I was very happy with it,” she said. She was so happy with the work several months later she returned to the shop to get another.
However, her experience the second time around was the complete opposite of the first. Tate went into the shop to get a rose design on her forearm. About three hours into the session, the artist Kelvin Cepeda told Tate he had to leave for ‘an event’ and would finish the design the following day. She agreed.
When Tate showed up the next day she was surprised to learn that Cepeda already had the tattoo gun set up. “They normally open it and set it up in front of you,” she said.
She left the shop that day completely satisfied and in love with her custom red and black design. But just three days later Tate said, “I was in excruciating pain.”
She said that she contacted the artist who told her she would feel better in “a couple of days.” But in fact, Tate felt worse. The ink had swelled up and started to ooze. “I felt like my arm was on fire, like I’d been burned,” she said.
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Tate was in the hospital for 4 days while the doctors did their best to heal the deep infection. She’s now suing for unspecified damage. Mark Shirian, Tate’s lawyer, is calling for stricter regulations for city tattoo shops.
“People need to understand that a tattoo procedure is the equivalent of undergoing minor surgery,” Shirian continued “More stringent regulations must be adopted immediately in order to protect the health and well-being of New Yorkers.”
This is the third lawsuit brought against Black Ink. A woman from South Carolina sued the shop for scarring her chest during a coverup session.
The show will return to VH1 in August.
Source NY Daily News
