Posted on 01/22/2020 2:34:22 PM PST by yesthatjallen
A judge in Utah has denied a bid by a woman accused of lewdness to have the state's law declared unconstitutional on Wednesday after her attorneys argued that the statute discriminates against women.
Tilli Buchanan, who was charged with lewdness after her stepchildren found her topless beside her husband while installing insulation in their garage. Buchanan argued that the law would not have gone into effect were her husband the only one to have been found not wearing a shirt by their children, and was therefore discriminatory.
“It was in the privacy of my own home. My husband was right next to me in the same exact manner that I was, and he’s not being prosecuted," she told The Associated Press at the time.
Judge Kara Pettit disagreed, instead siding with prosecutors who argued that the law reflected society's common definition of nudity, according to The Salt Lake Tribune.
“It is the prerogative of the Legislature to establish laws incorporating contemporary community standards regarding lewdness,” Pettit wrote, according to the Tribune. “It is not for the court to decide whether the Legislature’s enumeration of lewd conduct is wise or sound policy.”
SNIP
(Excerpt) Read more at thehill.com ...
Judge rejects challenge from Utah woman charged for being topless in her own home
Utah woman fights criminal charge after kids see her topless at home
Assoc. Press ^ | 11/21/2019
Posted on 11/21/2019 1:33:51 PM by Responsibility2nd
Yep.....This thread is positively worthless without pictures.
Her stepchildren turned her in? Odd.
Then I read the last paragraph:
“Buchanan, who was reported to the police by the children’s biological mother over the incident, could be forced to register as a sex offender if found guilty on any of the three charges. She could also face up to six months in jail, and a fine of $2,500.”
Vindictive ex-wife using the law as a club against the new wife.
Now I understand. Why doesn’t the Judge and the prosecutor?
Installing insulation topless sounds like a bad idea. Just sayin’.
You’re right ! We must see the evidence!
Nekkid? in the garage? WTF? it had to be cold in there.
No proof, just my speculation:
The children’s mother is likely to be the one pushing this.
If she can prove the father ‘hangs out’ with topless girlfriends, the mother may be granted full custody.
It’s unorthodox, but hey, at least she wasn’t bottomless.
GUILTY
None of the DA’s business. Why should I care? I’ve seen my mom topless when I was a child and I wasn’t scarred for life.
Besides, her kids can see bare breasted women on the National Geographic nature shows.
Lewdness, indeed.
Yeah, maybe even worse than cooking bacon or welding topless.
Getting drunk and nekkid in front of your 13 year old stepson?
Yep. I see a Court Date in your future.
I don’t know about lewd but kind of something.
Depends on the type
Insert a stepson porn fantasy here. Um, on second thought, never mind.
Now I understand. Why doesn’t the Judge and the prosecutor?
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See post 15. Step mom has a screw loose.
Who handles insulation without a top on??????
That’s industrial grade stupid.
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