Police are considering dropping charges it laid against a popular pub in Western Australia over the amount of skin shown by punters at a Mardi Gras event.
Officers earlier claimed the outfits were too risque, and those attending the Broome’s Pride event in March accused police of being uneducated.
Revellers in sparkles, sequins, glitter, feathers and leather took over the Turf Club, but Kimberley police pulled the plug on the event early.
Broom Pride chairperson Lucy Falcocchio claims they were forced to close over “intoxication levels”.
More than 2000 partygoers were turfed onto the street after midnight.
But instead, police later charged the licensee, Roebuck Bay Hotel, over g-strings and breast pasties worn by guests, and for security guards not wearing fluorescent vests.
Falcocchio said they’ve checked back over photos and said “there is no nipple on display”.
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“Why do we bother? ‘Cause it kind of takes you back to 1978,” she said.
The DJ at the event has also spoken out.
“I don’t want to say it was a case of the police being homophobic, I think maybe they were just uneducated on what the night is actually about,” DJ Kayty Banks said.
Police say the Roebuck Bay Hotel’s infamous weekly wet t-shirt contest operates under a special exemption that wasn’t applied for on this occasion.
After enquiries by 9News, WA Police are reviewing whether to discontinue only the dress code charge, in the spirit of equality.
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