Ladies: Want to Earn Big Money Walking Around Topless? No Experience Required! Just go to New York City, take off your short and get yourself arrested. Wait . . . what?
Apparently, back in 2005, New York's Finest didn't know that the city fathers had passed a law back in 1992 allowing women to walk around topless. They wrongly arrested an artist named Jill Coccara (who now goes by the name of Phoenix Feeley - pictured right) and she filed a lawsuit, eventually winning $14,500 per breast. What a deal! Here's more from eOntario Now:
A New York woman who was arrested for exposing her breasts in 2005 was awareded a $29,00(USD) settlement from the city, according to media reports Monday.
Jill Coccara was arrested two years ago for walking in a public area without wearing a shirt.
In 1992, the state implemented a law allowing women to appear topless in public, affording the same rights as men to appear in public without a shirt.
Coccara, 27, who now goes by the name as Phoenix Feeley, was detained for nearly 12 hours before being released without being charged.
Her lawyer, Jeffery Rothman said his client won a civil rights settlement, but the city did not admit or deny any wrongdoing.
(Phoenix Feely, Fealey)
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