New York DA Drops Charges Against Nude Model
According to the NY Post, the Manhattan DA’s Office yesterday dropped its case against a woman who frolicked nude for an unauthorized film shoot at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Kathleen Neill, 26, was hit with the exposure statute, which is a mere violation, along with charges of public lewdness and endangering the welfare of the crowd of schoolkids who witnessed the shoot. Neill’s lawyer argued that a 1992 Court of Appeals decision and a 1995 legislative amendment to the statute have the combined effect of specifically barring only topless sunbathing and topless waitresses handing out promotional material. NY Post’s story here.