CNN reporter blamed 'stress and a lack of food' for drunkenly biting two EMT workers at the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad

Arwa Damon, a CNN foreign correspondent, allegedly drunkenly bit two EMT workers in Baghdad

She was at the U.S. Embassy in the city when the incident occurred

The workers, Tracy Lamar and Charles Simon, who work for a private contractor in the city, are suing CNN

A CNN spokesperson has denied knowledge of the lawsuit

Lamar and Simon are seeking $1 million each

The State Department has now launched an investigation after one of CNN's foreign ​correspondents ​allegedly bit two medical workers​ ​during a drunken fit at the US Embassy​ in Baghdad​.



Senior international correspondent A​rwa Damon was said to be drunk and abusive to medics stationed on the grounds of the embassy.

Tracy Lamar and Charles Simons, EMTs working for a private contractor in Iraq, say Damon chomped into each of their left arms as they tried to help her.

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It's alleged she bit both EMTs on their forearms as they tried to treat her on July 19.



The medics were called to calm the correspondent after she became 'totally out of control.'

Gossip and rumor column Page Six says the State Department prepared a report on the incident, which was sent to CNN however Damon continued working for the network regardless.



She then penned a groveling apology to US Embassy staff about her 'disastrous behavior,' which she claims she doesn’t fully remember.

She said in an e-mail: 'It’s been an extremely stressful time, I was exhausted, I had not had proper food all day and clearly miscalculated how my body would handle the alcohol consumed … Needless to say, I am utterly mortified and take full responsibility for my actions, which are inexcusable.'

She added, 'I am being filled in on the details of my behavior. I am beyond embarrassed. My actions and words were entirely out of my character, and I hope that everyone can at some point forgive me.'

'So once again, I am apologizing and extending my thanks to all that were involved in ensuring that I am, thankfully, in the end, taken care of and physically at least OK. Everyone was extremely professional and courteous in the face of my unjustified behavior,' she continued.

The suit claims that CNN was aware Damon had a history of drunken aggression, and was even known to be violent when sober



It's now believed a $2 million lawsuit​ has been filed against Damon and CNN in Manhattan​.

According to the New York Post, the papers say Damon, 36, bit EMT​​s Tracy Lamar and Charles Simons as they tried to help her, before threatening them and saying she was a 'major reporter for CNN,' but when this failed she became physically violent.'

She was biting them both pretty furiously. She has good teeth. Eventually they subdued her,' David Jaroslawicz, an attorney for Simons and Lamar said.

The suit claims CNN hired Damon knowing she 'has a history of becoming intoxicated and then abusive,' and a 'penchant for violence even when sober.'

' It’s been an extremely stressful time, I was exhausted, I had not had proper food all day and clearly miscalculated how my body would handle the alcohol consumed … Needless to say, I am utterly mortified and take full responsibility for my actions, which are inexcusable.'

CNN are still denying all knowledge of the lawsuit and are refusing to comment on the case.

The EMTs’ lawyer, David Jaroslawicz, added, 'To get so very drunk and attack people who are trying to help you is somewhat disturbing, particularly as a reporter.'

Damon's biography on CNN states that she's an award-winning journalist whose recent focus has been on the situation in Syria.



She won an Emmy for Outstanding Live Coverage of a Current News Story for her reporting on the Arab Spring, as well as a Peabody Award.

Recently, she was given the Courage in Journalism Award by the International Women's Media Foundation .