A Fox Business host claims she was left permanently scarred and disfigured after a pit bull attacked her inside a Whole Foods store, according to a newly filed lawsuit.
Jackie DeAngelis, 46, who co-hosts The Big Money Show, was shopping at a Manhattan grocery location in September 2023 when the dog allegedly mauled her, the court filing says.
Whole Foods bars pets from its stores unless they are service animals.
But DeAngelis is suing the retailer, accusing Whole Foods of failing to remove the animal before she suffered what the complaint describes as “severe, serious and permanent personal injuries.”
“As a result of the occurrence, [DeAngelis] sustained injuries to her body, including significant scarring and disfigurement, together with pain, suffering and emotional distress,” the lawsuit states.
Police told the New York Post that a black pit bull bit DeAngelis on her left hand. The dog and its owner had already left the store by the time officers arrived, authorities said.
The complaint says DeAngelis required surgical treatment after the attack and continues to deal with permanent injuries.
She is seeking unspecified damages from Whole Foods, alleging the grocery chain allowed the pit bull inside despite its own policy restricting animals in the store.
Jackie DeAngelis, co-host of The Big Money Show, filed a lawsuit against Whole Foods claiming that she was mauled by a dog while was shopping one of their locations in Manhattan in September 2023
DeAngelis, 46, argues in the lawsuit that Whole Foods, which prohibits pets that are not service animals, failed to remove the dog before she was attacked
‘[Whole Foods] failed to reasonably enforce its own policies, practices and/or procedures concerning animals entering and remaining within the subject store,’ the lawsuit alleges.
Whole Foods notes on its website that, while it maintains a ‘No Pets’ policy, service animals are welcome.
DeAngelis joined Fox Business as a financial correspondent in April 2019 and now co-hosts The Big Money Show alongside Taylor Riggs, Brian Brenberg and Dagen McDowell.
Before joining Fox, she spent 13 years at CNBC, where she served as the network’s chief energy correspondent and anchored an online commodities program, according to her biography.
The anchor is fluent in Mandarin and Farsi and graduated cum laude from Cornell University with a bachelor’s degree in Asian studies and history.
She also holds a Juris Doctor degree from Rutgers Law School.
Around 4.5 million people are bitten by dogs each year in the United States, according to the American Veterinary Medical Association and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Of those, approximately 800,000 require medical attention. Last year, there were 84 recorded dog-related deaths across the United States and Canada, according to Animals 24-7.
The incident allegedly took place at the at 10 Columbus Circle branch in Manhattan
The nonprofit organization reported that roughly 64 of those fatalities involved pit bulls.
Among the victims was Angel Rawlings, 22, who was attacked by two pit bulls at her home in Bourbon, Missouri, on December 27, 2025.
Meanwhile, Emily Panuco, 27, of Parker, Arizona, was mauled to death while trying to shield her young son from three dogs during an attack in California in February.
Five types of dogs are currently prohibited in the UK: the Pit Bull Terrier, Japanese Tosa, Dogo Argentino, Fila Brasileiro and XL Bully.
The Daily Mail has contacted Whole Foods Market, Fox, DeAngelis and the New York Police Department for comment.
