
                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: SUNDAY, July 23, 1995                   TAG: 9507240086
SECTION: SPORTS                    PAGE: B-3   EDITION: METRO 
SOURCE: Associated Press
DATELINE: NEW YORK                                 LENGTH: Short

NEIGHBOR: MCENROE TERRORIZED ME

There's no love lost between John McEnroe and one of his Manhattan neighbors - a 61-year-old woman who claims the former top-ranked tennis star terrorized her in a dispute over their building's elevator.

Eleanor Weinstein told the Daily News that a raving McEnroe, whose volatile on-court behavior is well-documented, grabbed her from behind and spun her around when she complained he was monopolizing the use of the elevator in their Upper West Side building.

``I was afraid for my life,'' Weinstein said. ``He was wild. He was absolutely out of control. I was so frightened of this raging maniac.''

A spokesman for McEnroe, 36, declined to comment Saturday on the charges, but Weinstein told of McEnroe screaming at her.``Who the hell are you?'' she quoted McEnroe as saying. ``I know who you are. You're a lousy school teacher!''

Weinstein, a speech therapist at a Manhattan grammar school, said McEnroe was pointing his finger right between her eyes as he ranted.

Police said Weinstein filed a harassment report after the alleged incident Tuesday night, but said she failed to name the suspect and the complaint was closed. However, her lawyer, Stanley Szaro, insisted police were mistaken - that Weinstein did name McEnroe.

by CNB