Sexy Cop decision
2017-06-01 19:33:42.340838+02 by Dan Lyke 0 comments
Lowering The Bar: Ninth Circuit Breaks New Ground in Sexy-Cop Jurisprudence.
In 2011, Michele Santopietro and Lea Patrick traveled to Las Vegas, where they intended to act as street performers on the Strip. Specifically, they planned to dress up as sexy cops and pose for pictures with tourists in exchange for tips, the sort of thing that is also common in Hollywood, for example. See, e.g., “Nobody Tells This Wookiee What to Do,” Lowering the Bar (Feb. 6, 2007). In Vegas (and probably also in Hollywood) the authorities take the position that actually selling this service would require a license to do business in the county, but you don’t need a license if working only for voluntary donations (i.e., tips). I don’t know what it takes to get a sexy-cop license, but neither of these sexy cops had one, and they were arrested by undercover officers (sexiness unknown) who claimed they were actually demanding money. ...