Actress claims her stunning $6.2 million New York City apartment left her at risk for deadly disease

A New York City actress and skin cancer survivor sued her condominium over claims her $6.2 million Manhattan apartment left her at risk of her disease coming back due to high-powered UV rays. 

Jennifer Betit Yen, 48, and her husband, Jeffery Peyton Worley, have sued 685 First Realty Group because she claims her First Avenue apartment exposed her to harmful UV rays through its floor-to-ceiling windows - despite the realty group ensuring it it was '100 percent' protected. 

Yen claimed in her lawsuit, viewed by DailyMail.com, that she 'repeatedly' told the realty group she had a 'desire and need for UV protection' in her home due to her history of melanoma. 

'Over the course of the next three years, I suddenly had to have two suspicious biopsies and my family noticed a painting fading at a rapid rate on our wall and other evidence that, maybe, the developer's representative was not being truthful,' she wrote in a separate blog post. 

She claimed in her lawsuit - which also names The Soloviev Group, the property's developers, and One United Nations Park as defendants - to have developed lesions on the side of her face that was facing the windows. 

Jennifer Betit Yen, 48, (left) and her husband Jeffery Peyton Worley (right) have sued 685 First Realty Group because she claims her First Avenue apartment exposed her to harmful UV rays through its floor-to-ceiling windows

Yen claimed in a lawsuit, viewed by DailyMail.com, that she 'repeatedly' told the realty group she had a 'desire and need for UV protection' in her home due to her history of melanoma

The Soloviev Group, the property's developers, told The New York Post that the couple should have tested for UV prior to closing on the home in 2021

She added that those lesions that needed to be biopsied, before test results fortunately revealed they were benign.

'We asked another building developer representative to confirm the glass was entirely UV protective and he assured us, both verbally and in writing, that it was,' the actress, who has appeared on shows like New Amsterdam and Royal Pains, wrote. 

'I may not know the real impact for a long time,' she continued. 'Had I known the truth, I could and would have protected myself! I would have done the same thing as I had done for my previous home and had solar film installed.' 

The Soloviev Group, the property's developers, told The New York Post that the couple should have tested for UV prior to closing on the home in 2021. 

'If it was such an important issue, they should have inspected it to their satisfaction,' lawyer Alex Estis told The Post. 

Estis claimed Yen and Worley had 'bought a very cheap [UV testing] device from Amazon' to test. 

The New Amderstam actress claimed to have developed lesions on the side of her face that was facing the windows and those that needed to be biopsied, which fortunately came back benign 

The couple are seeking at least $1 million, as well as prejudgment interest, punitive and exemplary damages, costs, and disbursements, according to the lawsuit

'They should have made that test pre-closing and verified,' he said. 

The CEO of Soloviev Group, Michael Hershman, told The Post the lawsuit was 'frivolous' and said that an 'independent expert tested the window and found that the protection conforms to standards.' 

'We will strongly contest the allegations which are without merit,' he told the outlet. 

However, Yen claims a third of the glass in her study and half the glass in her living room provided little to no protection and she had unknowingly exposed herself for years by 'sitting directly in the sun thinking I was safe.' 

'This is akin to telling someone with fair skin to go sit on a sunny beach and that they’ll be safe with this sunscreen but, instead of giving them sunscreen, you give them a bottle of baby oil,' she scathing wrote. 'Had I known the truth, I could and would have protected myself!

The CEO of Soloviev Group, Michael Hershman, told The Post the lawsuit was 'frivolous' and said that an 'independent expert tested the window and found that the protection conforms to standards' 

The Soloviev Group, the property's developers, told The New York Post that the couple should have tested for UV prior to closing on the home in 2021

'I was disgusted by it and now, I am in this surreal situation where I unknowingly basically sat in a potentially lethal UV bath almost every day, during peak sun hours, thinking I was safe, for several YEARS.' 

Melanoma has a high rate of coming back and exposure to UV radiation can take years to materialized, Yen noted. 

The couple are seeking at least $1 million, as well as prejudgment interest, punitive and exemplary damages, costs, and disbursements, according to the lawsuit. 

The ultimately judgment amount will take place in court. 

Estis, 685 First Realty Group and One United Nations Park did not immediately respond to the DailyMail.com's requests for comment.