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Woman Claims She May Have Swallowed Human Fingertip In Her Trader Joe's Orange Juice: Reports

The woman is suing Trader Joe's, claiming her orange juice was contaminated, according to reports.

An Oregon woman is suing Trader Joe's after she claimed to have found the fingertip of a rubber glove in her glass of orange juice — and may have accidentally consumed a human fingertip when drinking the contaminated OJ, according to reports.

Julee O’Neil claims she bought a 52-ounce bottle of Orange Juice from a Portland, Oregon Trader Joe’s last June. When drinking the juice, she claimed she “felt like there was a large piece of pulp in her mouth,” KOIN reported, citing court documents.

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"When she pulled it out, however, it was the finger tip end of a rubber glove,” the woman claimed in court documents, according to People.

The court complaint continues: The woman believed the glove part “might have also contained the end of a human finger … which she may have inadvertently swallowed or ingested as well.”

The lawsuit claims that she immediately experienced physical symptoms, including gabbing, nausea and a burning sensation in her mouth, People reported.

The Monrovia-based company has not released a statement regarding the lawsuit.

KGW reported that O'Neil has filed several previous lawsuits over the last decade.

Among them: A lawsuit against a driver she claimed rear-ended her, a slip-and-fall claim against Starbucks, and a suit against a massage therapist she claimed damaged her neck.

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