NYC Model Says Landlord Is Trying to Evict Her After Stalker Allegedly Sent Explicit Photos to Hundreds of Neighbors

A New York City fitness model claims her nightmare with an alleged stalker has now spilled into a battle with her own landlord, after the man allegedly mailed explicit images of her to hundreds of residents in her luxury apartment building.
Samantha Skolkin, a former professional bodybuilder with more than 500,000 Instagram followers, says she endured nearly a year of harassment from former photographer Steward Noack, whom she claims became obsessed with her after she rejected him.
Now, Skolkin is suing her Manhattan landlord for $1 million, alleging the building retaliated against her and is attempting to force her out despite her status as a stalking and sex-offense victim.
According to the lawsuit and an Aug. 1 criminal complaint, Noack allegedly mailed intimate photographs taken from Skolkin’s OnlyFans account to her parents and roughly 400 residents of her Midtown apartment building during 2024.
The building, which has monthly rents exceeding $5,400, was allegedly turned into the stage for Noack’s disturbing campaign against Skolkin.
“It was the worst thing that’s ever happened to me,” Skolkin told The Post.
“It’s just a f–king nightmare. The amount of people who saw them — my parents — it was awful.”

Investigators allegedly caught Noack on surveillance footage at least three times while he was mailing packages from a Manhattan US Postal Service location.
According to the criminal complaint, he was seen wearing hoodies and masks and, during one visit, latex gloves.
Authorities allege Noack went to extraordinary lengths to make sure the recipients opened the packages.
He allegedly addressed envelopes and boxes while impersonating Skolkin, her family members, the apartment building’s management and Amazon.
The packages allegedly contained explicit images of Skolkin, along with Christmas cards and posters promoting her OnlyFans account.
Two particularly disturbing packages allegedly sent to her parents arrived in silver gift boxes containing black ski masks covered with a white substance made to resemble semen.
Skolkin showed The Post some of the letters, cards, photographs and promotional material allegedly sent to her family and neighbors.
Police arrested Noack in connection with the incidents.

According to authorities, he was charged in January and May 2024 with offenses including unlawful publication of intimate images, criminal impersonation, aggravated harassment, dissemination of unlawful surveillance images and stalking.
At his Dec. 31, 2024 arraignment, a judge issued an order of protection.
Noack later pleaded guilty to disorderly conduct in March 2025.
But Skolkin claims the legal protection did little to end the fallout.
Instead, she alleges, her apartment building turned against her.
According to the lawsuit, management treated Skolkin as the source of the problem despite the fact that she was the alleged target of Noack’s campaign.
Her attorney, Fred Lichtmacher, argues that the building’s actions violate New York City and state laws designed to protect victims of stalking and sex offenses.

“[The building] intentionally and unlawfully discriminated against [Skolkin] because of her protected status as a victim of stalking and sex offenses,” Lichtmacher wrote in the lawsuit.
The Post is withholding the building’s address because of concerns for Skolkin’s safety.
The lawsuit alleges that after Noack’s alleged mailing campaign, management blocked Skolkin from accessing the building’s online rent-payment system and declined to renew her lease.
Skolkin continued attempting to pay her rent by mailing checks to the building’s management, according to the complaint.
Stonehenge NYC, which manages the property, filed an eviction notice against her in July, according to the lawsuit.
A spokesperson for the building said Skolkin’s claims have “any factual basis” and described the lawsuit as “entirely without merit,” while declining to provide additional comment.
Skolkin says her relationship with Noack began more than a decade ago.

The Queens-based photographer, who operates House of Indulgence, was once her photographer and close friend.
She insists their relationship was never romantic.
But according to Skolkin, everything changed roughly three years ago after she told Noack that she had a boyfriend.
“He started acting really jealous and f–king bizarre. . . . Then he goes, ‘I’m in love with you.’ And I was like, ‘What?’” she recalled.
The lawsuit also alleges that Noack sexually assaulted Skolkin on two occasions by “forcefully and inappropriately” touching her without her consent.
She did not report those alleged incidents to police at the time.
Skolkin said she initially forgave Noack after he claimed he had been drinking.
But after a second alleged incident, she cut ties with him both personally and professionally.
The alleged stalking and harassment followed, according to the lawsuit.
Now, Skolkin says she wants to speak publicly about what happened in hopes of warning other women about similar situations.
The allegations against Noack have not all resulted in criminal convictions, and the claims in Skolkin’s civil lawsuit remain allegations unless proven in court.
Source: nypost.com
