Drunk-driving model name drops Bloomberg in arrest
July 27, 2014 by admin
Filed under Lingerie Events
A has-been model whose claims to fame are Oil of Olay ads and a Pauly Shore movie somehow thought she had the juice to name-drop her way out of a DWI arrest after crashing her Porsche in Manhattan, police sources said on Friday.
Dara Tomanovich, 45, who has had a mostly obscure modeling career since she was 18, told cops she knew former Mayor Michael Bloomberg and warned them she could have their badges during her sloppy brush with the law, the sources said.
Cops said Tomanovich was stumbling around and reeked of booze when they arrived at the scene of her July 16 crash at 11:14 p.m. at West and Clarkson streets in the West Village, according to a criminal complaint.
She said she was pals with Bloomberg and snapped “I can get you fired or transferred” at a female officer, according to sources.
The officer knew Tomanovich, 45, was drunk “because I observed the defendant had watery eyes and heavy eyelids, had the odor of an alcoholic beverage . . . and was unsteady on her feet,” according to the complaint.
Cops said Tomanovich failed two Breathalyzers — blowing .159 and .112, each well above the legal limit of .08. She was charged with DWI and released without bail.
In 2009, she was spotted dining with the ex-mayor and others at Soho hot spot Raoul’s, Page Six reported at the time.
The former lingerie model boasts on her Web site about her lead role in Pauly Shore’s 1996 stoner dud “Bio-Dome,” as well as appearing in a Fiat commercial with George Clooney.
She had a small role in the 2012 flick “Being Flynn,” starring Robert De Niro and Julianne Moore.
She has also appeared in numerous other TV shows and worked with Donald Trump advertising his now-defunct Trump University, which is being sued by New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman.
Tomanovich, who lives in Chelsea, hung up on a Post reporter when reached on her cellphone for comment.
A spokesman for Bloomberg did not return calls for comment about his pal, who lists herself as “an entrepreneur with a keen eye for design and talent” as CEO of New York-based company Innovative Projects.
The brunette beauty dated Fox News anchor Bill Hemmer for a long time, but was spotted last month with Britain’s Prince Andrew at the Royal Ascot races.
She’s due back in Manhattan Criminal Court Sept. 18 on the misdemeanor charges.
