A veterinarian to the stars is trying to take a bite out of Mariah Carey, charging the dishy diva has stiffed her for the “extraordinary services” she performed for her three pampered pooches.
In papers filed in Manhattan Supreme Court, Dr. Cindy Bressler says she did over $37,000 work taking care of Cha-Cha, Dolomite and JJ, but their hit machine owner has only paid a fraction of her bill.
Bressler, who does house calls in Manhattan and the Hamptons, says she tended to the trio “at the special instance and request” of the “Precious” star between October 31 and December 2 of last year.
Bressler “rendered veterinary services including extraordinary services to the defendant’s canines,” the suit says.
In all, the suit says, she “performed work, labor and services on the defendant’s canines . . . at the agreed price and reasonable value of $37,790.32, which sum [Carey] agreed to pay.”
But she didn’t — she only forked over $8,231.50, and is refusing to paw over any more, even though she never contested the rest of the bill, the suit says.
The suit says Carey was “unjustly enriched,” and seeks the remaining $29,559, plus legal fees.
A rep for Carey did not return an e-mail for comment, and Bressler, whose website boasts that her “clientele includes prominent New Yorkers and celebrity clients,” did not return a call.
It’s not exactly a dog’s life for Carey’s Jack Russells.
All three pooches went on vacation with her to a resort in Puerto Rico earlier this month to celebrate her 41st birthday, and are often the subject of Carey’s tweets.
She’s done several video comedy sketches with JJ, who’s voiced by Snoop Dogg in the bits. In one, she’s singing in the recording studio, and he quips, “I thought I heard someone choking a cat.”
She’s also tweeted about Dolomite taking swimming lessons — and stealing her panties.
The dogs were reportedly a gift from her hubby, Nick Cannon.