{"id":319629,"date":"2026-08-12T17:04:09","date_gmt":"2026-08-12T17:04:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/319629\/"},"modified":"2026-08-12T17:04:09","modified_gmt":"2026-08-12T17:04:09","slug":"family-of-nyc-designer-found-dead-on-boat-in-montauk-files-wrongful-death-lawsuit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/319629\/","title":{"rendered":"Family of NYC designer found dead on boat in Montauk files wrongful death lawsuit"},"content":{"rendered":"

The family of a woman found dead<\/a> aboard a boat at the Montauk Yacht Club in August 2025 is filing a lawsuit against the man they say she was with when she died.<\/p>\n

Martha Nolan-O’Slatarra<\/a>, 33, was found unconscious on a boat when East Hampton Town Police were called. Good Samaritans tried to perform CPR on her, but first responders pronounced her dead at the scene.<\/p>\n

Suffolk County police previously said her autopsy “did not show evidence of violence.”\u00a0<\/p>\n

Nolan-O’Slatarra’s family is suing Christopher Duran, 61. Duran is not facing criminal charges in connection with Nolan-O’Slatarra’s death.\u00a0 <\/p>\n

The Nolan-O’Slatarra family is seeking $50 million, according to the court documents.<\/p>\n

CBS News New York reached out to Duran for comment and has not yet heard back.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Michael Bowe, an attorney for Nolan-O’Slatarra, told CBS News New York that her family has conducted their own investigation. He said they don’t believe she died from intoxicants.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Nolan-O’Slatarra was a marketing consultant and co-founder of swimwear brand East x East. She was originally from Ireland but moved to New York in 2015. She lived on Manhattan’s Upper East Side, but her brand was operating a pop-up store in Montauk for the summer.\u00a0 \u00a0<\/p>\n

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