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Mom arrested with wet T-shirt suing city
TAVARES, Fla., A Florida woman who was arrested after she was asked to leave a water park due to her wet T-shirt says she is suing the city of Tavares.
Janet Lovett said she was at the Tavares splash park with her husband and 7-year-old son in April when park staff asked her to leave because her white T-shirt was wet, exposing her padded bra, WFTV, Orlando, Fla., reported Friday.
Lovett said she complied, leaving her son and husband inside the park but a police officer outside the park gate approached her and asked her to give her name and show some ID. The police report said Lovett was arrested after taking too long to answer.
Lovett, who said she was slow to answer because she was scared, was charged with obstruction of justice and resisting arrest without violence. The charges were later dropped but Lovett spent 5 hours in jail and paid a $1,500 fine.
Howard Marks, Lovett's attorney, said police had no right to ask for his client's ID because no crime had been committed.
"If they were wearing a bra, it's not illegal in the state of Florida. It's not indecent exposure. It's not a crime," Marks said.
Marks said the lawsuit against the city claims violation of civil rights, false arrest and malicious prosecution.
TAVARES, Fla., A Florida woman who was arrested after she was asked to leave a water park due to her wet T-shirt says she is suing the city of Tavares.
Janet Lovett said she was at the Tavares splash park with her husband and 7-year-old son in April when park staff asked her to leave because her white T-shirt was wet, exposing her padded bra, WFTV, Orlando, Fla., reported Friday.
Lovett said she complied, leaving her son and husband inside the park but a police officer outside the park gate approached her and asked her to give her name and show some ID. The police report said Lovett was arrested after taking too long to answer.
Lovett, who said she was slow to answer because she was scared, was charged with obstruction of justice and resisting arrest without violence. The charges were later dropped but Lovett spent 5 hours in jail and paid a $1,500 fine.
Howard Marks, Lovett's attorney, said police had no right to ask for his client's ID because no crime had been committed.
"If they were wearing a bra, it's not illegal in the state of Florida. It's not indecent exposure. It's not a crime," Marks said.
Marks said the lawsuit against the city claims violation of civil rights, false arrest and malicious prosecution.