Reality bites!
A sexy Brooklyn prosecutor who never bothered to tell her bosses she was vying to be Donald Trump's assistant on "The Apprentice" this season has to leave the DA's office because her bosses are ticked off and jurors are starting to recognize her.
see more videos Mahsa Saeidi-Azcuy, 29, who started her $50,000-a-year job prosecuting misdemeanors last January, submitted her resignation Monday and will quit today after angering the higher-ups who allowed her a two-month leave in June without knowing what she had planned.
"She wasn't forth right," a source said. "Some people in the office found it offensive. That's not the image that they'd want to project."
Saeidi-Azcuy has survived the first three episodes of the NBC series. Last night, her team, which was tasked with managing a doggy day-care center, won the challenge and avoided hearing "You're fired!" from Trump.
Her instant-celebrity status became a professional burden after jurors started recognizing her from the show.
"How can I be in a courtroom now, at least while the show is airing?" Saeidi-Azcuy told the New York Law Journal.
The young attorney's conduct on earlier episodes of the show struck some fellow contestants as abrasive, and prompted pointed remarks from The Donald's daughter, Ivanka, who also appears on the program.
Trump brushed aside contestants' criticism by implying that Saeidi-Azcuy's brusque manner stemmed from her background as a Brooklyn assistant DA. That episode particularly annoyed the office brass, a source said. Saeidi-Azcuy was then transferred from prosecuting misdemeanor cases in Brooklyn Criminal Court to a lower-profile post, in which she prepared cases for trial.
"If we knew she would have been on 'The Apprentice,' it would not have been approved," said Jerry Schmetterer, a spokesman for the DA.
The show's latest season features 16 candidates who are competing to become an assistant with a six-figure salary in the Trump Organization. This year's twist: All contestants are supposed to have been hit hard by the recession.
Saeidi-Azcuy and NBC did not immediately return calls.
As for her future, Saeidi-Azcuy has expressed interest in trading her appearances in conservative suits for a career strolling down a catwalk in a swimsuit. "One thing that would be kind of a natural fit for me would be the Miss Universe competition," the Iran native told the Web site Iranian.com about her dream job. "One of my passions is, I believe every woman can be beautiful. And when you feel beautiful, every other part of your life is a little bit better."
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