By Mark Vester

The New York Post reports that Milana Dravnel, the 22-year-old stripper who appeared in the widely circulated X17 photos of Oscar De La Hoya dressed in womens clothing, is filing a $100 million dollar lawsuit against De La Hoya on Thursday in New York Supreme Court, alleging that he unleashed a smear campaign against her to stop the circulation of the photos, which Dravnel claims are legit. De La Hoya has held his stance on the photos not being real, the work of an individual using the popular computer program photoshop. 

After selling the photos to the X17 website for $70,000, De La Hoya's attorneys claim that she tried to grab another $160,000 from Oscar, who they said refused to entertain any kind of payoff demand. Later, Dravnel would state in an interview that she was pressured to come forward with the photos by individuals who stole them, never stating who made her come forward. She also stated that she was unable to verify whether or not the photos were legit because people stole the photos and there was possible manipulation at play. She apologized for what she had done to De La Hoya, and now appears to have done an 360-degree turn for the money.

Salvatore Strazullo, a well-known attorney on the East Coast, told the paper that Dravnel's suit will be against De La Hoya and two unnamed defendants with allegations of fraud, defamation, interference with contract, infliction of emotional distress and undue influence.

"[They] did everything [they] could to thwart her being able to sell this, saying they weren't real, photo-shopped, and that she didn't know what she was doing . . . that she was just a stripper," said Strazullo. "There were so many people involved. Phone calls from people saying they were FBI agents or speaking on behalf of FBI agents. They did everything. It's the perfect case of David against Goliath and she got Goliath Junior on their case."

Strazullo claims the two of them dated for a year and broke it off in May. De La Hoya, who is married and expecting a second child with his wife Millie Corretjer, has denied any and all allegations of a relationship with Dravnel.

"He knew these pictures were out there and tried to preliminarily thwart exposure," Strazullo said. "He told her he wanted to give her the world. He was portraying himself as gold, but it was fool's gold."

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