Marisa Tomei in trouble at her apartment building

Evan Agostini / AP

Marisa Tomei’s in some hot, um, cold water and she could probably use Cousin Vinny’s help. A lawsuit claims a leak from the actress’ NYC apartment has damaged the homes of two downstairs neighbors, including Hairspray director John Waters.

The neighbors’ insurance companies filed the suit this week in a Manhattan court, saying the Oscar winner’s “negligence” caused a September 2010 leak that left more than $128,000 in damage at the Greenwich Village building.

Waters says in an email to the AP the case is a standard insurance claim completely out of his hands and that there’s no animosity between him and Tomei, 47. So then will she star in his next film?

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