FOXNews.com: Brazilian prostitute injured by Marines, U.S. Embassy staffer now suing

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Brazilian prostitute injured by Marines, U.S. Embassy staffer now suing Apr 25th 2012, 16:21 A Brazilian prostitute injured last year in a scuffle with a U.S. Embassy staffer and two Marines is now suing the federal government -- a development in the aftermath of the Secret Service prostitution scandal in Columbia. The incident occurred in late 2011 in the city of Brasilia when at least one of the Americans pushed the woman from a car outside of a nightclub. The Embassy tracked down the women and paid her medical bills, but she now intends to sue, a senior U.S. official has confirmed to Fox News. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said Tuesday the incident has been fully investigated and that the Marines and the embassy staff member have been punished. "I have no tolerance for that kind of conduct, not here or any place in the world," Panetta told reporters in Brazil. Published reports state two women could have been involved and that one might have broken her collar bone when she fell outside the car. After the group left the nightclub, the prostitute reportedly was removed from the car and injured herself trying to re-enter. The incident allegedly started as a dispute over payment, which also ignited the April 11-12 incident inside the Caribe Hotel, in Cartagena, Colombia. Secret Service and military personnel were in the Colombian seaside town ahead of President Obama's arrival for the Summit of the Americas. Twelve Secret Service agents and 12 military personnel have been identified in the scandal. Eight agents have been forced out, one had his security clearance revoked and three have been cleared. No charges have been filed in the Brazil incident. O Globo, Brazil's largest TV network, broadcast an interview with a woman who identified herself as the victim. She said the incident began when she, a few other women and a group of Americans were leaving a Brasilia nightclub, and she began to argue with the men's driver. She said that one of the Americans pushed her out of the car. She said she tried to hold onto the door, but then fell, hit her head on the ground and passed out. "I felt my leg burning," she said. "I couldn't take it, I let go and I fell underneath the van. I hit my head and I passed out," she said. The Associated Press and other wire service reports contributed to this report.

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