A woman who claims she went to a pet shop looking for a puppy but left with an unfair leasing agreement and a steep 100 percent interest rate has sued the store and two leasing companies.

Twenty-year-old Christina Diskin filed an amended lawsuit Tuesday in New London Superior Court, claiming the store misled her into purchasing Athena, a pug-beagle mix, last July. Diskin claimed the fair market value of the 13-week-old puppy was between $300 and $600, but said she ended up with a $3,789 lease agreement with the store, The Dog House.

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