/ 9 July 2005

Ohio man charged with exposing his breasts

An Ohio man with the breasts of a woman has been charged with indecent exposure after he was spotted shirtless.

“He’s a guy. He’s real tall, and he’s got a full set of breasts,” assistant Cincinnati solicitor Kevin Donovan told the Cincinnati Post.

Jerome Mason (23) was spotted shirtless by police at 1am on April 22. Since then, the 1,8m, 90kg man’s case has floundered in the courts because he has failed to meet with his court-appointed attorney.

But public defender Michael Welsh said the charges really ought to be dropped.

“It’s not illegal for a man to expose his breasts,” Welsh told the Cincinnati Post.

“It’s also not even technically illegal for a woman to expose her breasts [in public],” he said. — AFP