New Delhi, Oct. 6 -- A Brooklyn woman filed a $65 million lawsuit against a Target store for allegedly falsely arresting and publicly humiliating her before being detained for hours at a local precinct.

In a federal civil rights lawsuit filed on 1 October 2025, the complainant named the city of New York, the New York City Police Department, NYPD officers, Target Corporation and a Target "asset-protection" employee as defendants.

According to a Newsweek report, the incident occurred on 3 October 2024 at Target's Kings Plaza store in Brooklyn.

Target "guest advocate," 22-year-old Angel Tepizila, reportedly accused plaintiff Sheila Lee of an unspecified wrongdoing and called the New York Police Department (NYPD).

Tepizila is a Hunter Col...