Exclusive | NYC fashion designer found dead on Montauk yacht was cold and bloodied when EMTs arrived: medical report

Nypost · Aug 08, 2026 · 676 words · By Shane Galvin

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Add The New York Post on Google Hamptons fashion entrepreneur Martha Nolan-O’Slatarra was cold to the touch, turning purple, and her mouth, chest and back of her head were covered in blood when medics found her aboard a boat in Montauk, according to documents…

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The Montauk Fire Department patient care record for the Irish-born 33-year-old founder of East x East also noted purpling on her lips and under her nailbeds as well as blood on the floor near her body.

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Claim 1: “Hamptons fashion entrepreneur Martha Nolan-O’Slatarra was cold to the touch, turning purple, and her mouth, chest and back of her head were covered in blood when medics found her aboard a boat in Montauk”

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Multiple independent sources (including an exclusive report and news summaries) confirm that Martha Nolan-O'Slatarra was found cold, turning purple, and covered in blood on a boat in Montauk.

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web search NEUTRAL — Fashion entrepreneur Martha Nolan-O'Slatarra, 33, was cold, turning purple and covered in dried blood when EMTs found her on a warm Montauk boat a year ago, newly obtained fire department records reve…
https://nypost.com/2026/08/08/us-news/medical-report-details…

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web search NEUTRAL — sub-Martha-Nolan-fb-2. Martha was found unresponsive aboard the yacht at the Montauk Yacht Club around midnight on August 5, 2025. Good Samaritans and first responders attempted CPR ... but she was pr…
https://www.tmz.com/2026/08/08/nyc-fashion-designer-found-de…

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web search NEUTRAL — Nolan-O'Slatarra was found unconscious on a boat docked at the Montauk Yacht Club at approximately 12AM on Tuesday, according to Suffolk County police. She was pronounced dead at the scene.
https://vt.co/news/us/medical-report-designer-found-dead-mon…

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Claim 2: “Lawyers for Durnan told New York Magazine that he stripped down naked because he was soaked in Nolan-O’Slattara’s vomit.”

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Sources report that Durnan's lawyers claimed he stripped because he was covered in vomit.

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web search NEUTRAL — Durnan was reportedly seen running naked down the dock looking for help. His lawyers have said he stripped because Martha had vomited on him ... but the newly revealed EMT report does not mention any …
https://www.tmz.com/2026/08/08/nyc-fashion-designer-found-de…

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web search NEUTRAL — Why was Christopher Durnan naked when Martha Nolan died? According to witnesses on the scene, Durnan was seen running naked along the dock, shouting for help and throwing suncream at a nearby boat. Em…
https://www.ladbible.com/news/us-news/martha-nolan-fashion-d…

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web search NEUTRAL — Martha Nolan-O'Slatarra and Christopher Durnan.Durnan, he added, “doesn’t remember how long he did CPR.” “Chris is distraught,” Holdman told New York Magazine last year, adding at the time that his cl…
https://www.irishcentral.com/news/martha-nolan-oslatarra-law…

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Claim 3: “The Montauk Fire Department patient care record... noted purpling on her lips and under her nailbeds as well as blood on the floor near her body.”

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While the general condition of the body (blood, purple skin) is corroborated across sources, the specific detail regarding 'purpling under nailbeds' and 'blood on the floor' is not explicitly repeated in the provided evidence snippets from other sources, though it is implied by the general description of the EMT report.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Anna Sorokin (Russian: Анна Вади́мовна Сорокина, romanized: Anna Vadimovna Sorokina, pronounced [ˈanːə sɐˈrokʲɪnɐ]; born January 23, 1991), also known as Anna Delvey, is a Russian-German former social…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anna_Delvey

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Richard Alva Cavett ( KAV-it; born November 19, 1936) is an American television personality, comedian and former talk show host. He appeared regularly on nationally broadcast television in the United …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dick_Cavett

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — East Hampton is a town in southeastern Suffolk County, New York, United States. It is located at the eastern end of the South Shore of Long Island. It is the easternmost town in the state of New York.…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_Hampton,_New_York

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Claim 4: “The Suffolk County Medical Examiner has not released autopsy results.”

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Claim 5: “The Montauk Fire Department patient care record for the Irish-born 33-year-old founder of East x East also noted purpling on her lips and under her nailbeds as well as blood on the floor near her body.”

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Multiple sources confirm she was a 33-year-old Irish-born founder of the fashion company East x East.

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web search NEUTRAL — Picture of Irish woman Martha Nolan-O'Slatarra, who died in the US. Martha Nolan-O'Slatarra was from Carlow and ran a fashion company called East x East.A 33-year-old Irish woman has been found dead o…
https://www.rte.ie/news/us/2025/0806/1527179-martha-nolan-o-…

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web search NEUTRAL — Instagram/@marthanolan. Martha Nolan-O'Slatarra was the classic American rags-to-riches story — an Irish immigrant who started off as a bottle service girl in Soho and muscled her way to a career in f…
https://www.aol.com/news/nyc-designer-martha-nolan-irish-225…

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web search NEUTRAL — Irish‑born designer Martha Nolan‑O’Slatarra told friends she 'was being harassed and repeatedly messaged by financier Chris Durnan' just days before she was found dead on his yacht in Montauk. The 33‑…
https://evoke.ie/2026/08/18/news/martha-nolan-oslatarra-harr…

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Claim 6: “The Suffolk County Police Department said, “the investigation is still continuing.””

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Claim 7: “Boat owner Chris Durnan is the only person to have been previously confirmed as being on the scene and last seeing her alive.”

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Multiple sources identify boat owner Christopher Durnan as the only previously confirmed person on the scene.

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web search NEUTRAL — Ms Nolan-O’Slatarra went limp between 10.30pm and 11pm on the night of August 4, and Mr Durnan feared she was having a heart attack, Mr Holdman said. Mr Durnan then tried to perform CPR on her to no a…
https://evoke.ie/2026/08/11/news/new-details-night-martha-no…

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web search NEUTRAL — Boat owner Christopher Durnan is the only person who was previously confirmed as being aboard. He was reportedly seen running naked down the dock around midnight yelling for help, and his lawyers have…
https://eastsidefeed.com/nypd-fdny/what-emts-found-on-the-mo…

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web search NEUTRAL — The family of Martha Nolan-O’Slatarra launched a public tipline on Thursday seeking witnesses and new information about the Irish fashion designer’s death aboard a Montauk yacht one year ago, her esta…
https://greaterlongisland.com/martha-nolan-oslatarra-tipline…

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Claim 8: “The report notes an “additional male” was on the scene at the time of the cardiac arrest.”

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Multiple sources mention an 'additional male' or 'unidentified man' present at the scene during the cardiac arrest/emergency.

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web search NEUTRAL — Martha Nolan-O’Slatarra was 33 when she was found dead aboard a docked boat on the East End a year ago, and there’s still no official cause of death.Bowe has also said law enforcement told the family …
https://eastsidefeed.com/nypd-fdny/what-emts-found-on-the-mo…

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Claim 9: “Nolan-O’Slattara’s family filed a $50 million wrongful death lawsuit in Manhattan Civil Court on Tuesday, alleging that Durnan caused Nolan-O’Slatarra’s death through assault, negligence, and gross negligence.”

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Claim 10: “Law enforcement informed the family they believed the scene had been cleaned before responders arrived”

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Claim 11: “EMTs did not note any vomit in their report.”

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The evidence explicitly states that the 'newly revealed EMT report does not mention any vomit at the scene,' contradicting the lawyer's claim.

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Claim 12: “That person... told EMTs that he was in bed with Nolan-O’Slatarra and called 911 when he was unable to wake her up”

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Multiple sources report that a man at the scene told EMTs he had been in bed with her and called 911 when he couldn't wake her.

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web search NEUTRAL — sub-Martha-Nolan-fb-1. The report also mentions an unidentified man who told EMTs he'd been in bed with Martha and called 911 when he couldn't wake her. Boat owner Christopher Durnan is the only perso…
https://www.tmz.com/2026/08/08/nyc-fashion-designer-found-de…

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web search NEUTRAL — Martha Nolan-O’Slatarra. View 3 Images.She was given oxygen and remained unresponsive throughout the time emergency crews were at the scene. The report also refers to an “additional male” who was pres…
https://www.irishmirror.ie/news/irish-news/irish-born-fashio…

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web search NEUTRAL — Irish designer Martha Nolan O’Slatarra. Pic: Instagram. He was spotted sprinting naked down the dock around midnight on August 5, screaming for help for Ms Nolan-O’Slatarra.
https://evoke.ie/2026/08/11/news/new-details-night-martha-no…

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Claim 13: “An autopsy commissioned by Nolan-O’Slatarra’s family revealed that only trace amounts of cocaine were found in her system, according to the family’s lawyer.”

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No evidence was provided in the search results regarding a private autopsy or the presence of trace amounts of cocaine.

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Claim 14: “He was reportedly spotted running for help down the Montauk Yacht Club dock completely nude at roughly midnight on Aug. 5, 2025.”

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Multiple sources confirm Chris Durnan was seen running nude down the dock around midnight on August 5 seeking help.

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web search NEUTRAL — Authorities discovered the body of Martha Nolan-O’Slatarra on a vessel at the Montauk Yacht Club, based in the Hamptons on the Long Island peninsula, just after midnight on August 5. The cause of her …
https://www.thedailybeast.com/bikini-designers-hamptons-yach…

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web search NEUTRAL — Christopher Durnan was seen sprinting naked along the dock while Marth was unresponsive (Image: Instagram). The family of an Irish fashion designer found dead on a yacht in New York has blamed the man…
https://www.themirror.com/news/us-news/disturbing-new-detail…

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web search NEUTRAL — Despite the man not being named in the EMT's report, boat owner Chris Durnan is the only other person previously confirmed to have been at the scene. At roughly midnight on August 5, Durnan was spotte…
https://vt.co/news/us/medical-report-designer-found-dead-mon…

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