Tuesday, November 24, 2009
Art Charges Against Naked Model Arrested at Met Dismissed: Nude Not Necessarily Lewd
Posted by Benjamin Sutton on Tue, Nov 24, 2009 at 3:20 PM
Yesterday the Associated Press reported the happy news that a judge dismissed the charge of lewdness against Neill. Her lawyer, Thomas J. Hillgardner, explained that in light of precedents in New York courts, nudity must be accompanied by inappropriate behavior (like, you know, doin' it) in order to be legally lewd. Doing one or the other—like, say, appearing nude to shoot part of an art project or pretending to hump a reporter behind their back—probably won't pass for lewd in court, you've got to be doing both at once. Hopefully this pro-nudity stance means we'll see a city-wide increase in public nude art starting today. It's turning into a pretty sunny afternoon... (Artinfo)
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