The attorney for a woman who could face jail time and being forced to register as a sex offender for going topless in her own home claims that the law is unfair and discriminatory against women.
A woman could be forced to register as a sex offender after prosecutors charged her with a crime related to going topless in her own home.
On Tuesday, lawyers for Tilli Buchanan, 27, asked Circuit Court Judge Kara Pettit to strike down a state law that they say represents an"unfair" and unconstitutional legal double standard. Buchanan isthree misdemeanor counts of lewdness in front of a child while her husband, who was also topless at the time, faces no charges. If convicted, she could face time in jail and be forced to register as a sex offender for 10 years.
Buchanan, of West Valley City, Utah, says she and her husband both took off their shirts after becoming sweaty from installing drywall in their garage. At that point she was apparently seen topless by her three stepchildren, aged 9 to 13. Prosecutors dispute her account and claim that the woman took off her shirt after"making a statement" to the children about how she should be able to take off her shirt if her husband can. Buchanan's lawyers believe that the law itself is unfair.
"What's important to look at, to see when you look at the statute, is that there's part of it that says this part of a woman is inherently obscene and this part of a man isn't,"."And that really sets up an unequal, unfair dichotomy.
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