By Olivia Scheck
DNAinfo Reporter Producer
MANHATTAN — The bombshell banker who filed suit against Citibank claiming they fired her because her looks distracted male co-workers, is greatly missed by male patrons of the bank's Rockefeller Center location, the Daily News reported.
Though Debrahlee Lorenzana hasn't worked there for almost a year, regulars of the Citibank at 1 Rockefeller Plaza said they remembered her fondly, according to the paper.
"I would walk the extra few blocks just to go to this one to see her," Matt Saulk, a 36-year-old publicist told the News. "I would think Citibank would want employees like her — it brings in the customers."
But another of Lorenzana's admirers, Harold Mack, 26, said he understood why her looks might have been a problem.
"Whew, she was a hot one," Mack, a paralegal told the News. "I'm sad she's gone, but she did stick out. I know she distracted me whenever I came into the bank."
Jessica Ramos, a 29-year-old advertiser, agreed, according to the paper.
"Male customers would often stare," Ramos claimed. "It was rather funny, actually."
But Lorenzana, a 33-year-old Queens mom who is now employed at a different bank, was not ammused.
"I can't help it that I have curves," Lorenzana told the Daily News.
A Citibank spokesperson, Natalie Riper, denied the charges, claiming to the News that Lorenzana's "termination was solely performance-based and not at all related to her appearance or attire."
