Claims ankle burned by actor

Associated Press · February 20, 1963

Shannon Wolf, 22-year-old model, points to burned ankle which she claims actor Gary Merrill burned with a cigar. A suit was filed for $25,000 against Merrill, and said the undertaking to attack on her ankles was enacted in a "manner in which only savage and sadistic human beings had acted during the history of mankind." Miss Wolf said she was chatting with friends at North Beach night spot in San Francisco when Merrill touched an ankle with his cigar and then repeatedly jabbed both ankles with the cigar, despite her screams. Merrill couldn't be reached for comment.