Archive for 12 月, 2013
Five Everett bikini baristas charged with prostitution
【By Diana Hefley, Herald Writer】
EVERETT — Five baristas are accused of engaging in prostitution at an Everett bikini espresso stand following a two-month undercover police investigation into complaints that the women were selling more than coffee.
Detectives say the women were charging up to $80 to strip down and flash customers while fixing lattes and mochas.
Investigators saw the women expose their crotches, lick whipped cream off their co-workers’ private parts and pose naked for pictures inside the Grab-n-Go Espresso stand at 8015 Broadway, according to police reports obtained by The Herald on Wednesday.
Detectives also witnessed some of the women charging customers to touch their bare breasts and naked buttocks. Touching of that kind, for pay, falls under the city’s definition of prostitution.
The women, ages 18 to 24, were charged Wednesday with multiple counts of prostitution and violating the city’s adult entertainment ordinance, both misdemeanors, Everett police Sgt. Robert Goetz said.
No arrests have been made. The women are expected to be arraigned in Everett Municipal Court in a few weeks.
Bill Wheeler, the owner of the stands, could not be reached for comment Wednesday.
The investigation began in mid-July after police heard a stream of complaints about baristas baring too much.
Everett police during the past year had received more than 40 complaints about various bikini coffee stands around the Everett area. Many of the complaints focused on women who were exposing their breasts, genitals or buttocks, according to police reports.
The department decided to investigate Grab-n-Go Espresso — the business generating the most complaints, Goetz said.
Some of the complaints alleged that some baristas at the Everett coffee hut and three other Grab-n-Go Espresso stands in unincorporated Snohomish County were engaging in prostitution, an Everett police detective wrote in his reports.
Sheriff’s deputies also have received complaints about the Grab-n-Go Espresso south of Silver Lake. Employees of nearby businesses have complained that the stand is a haven for lewd behavior. None of those complaints have resulted in any criminal charges, sheriff’s spokeswoman Rebecca Hover said.
Everett police focused their investigation on the stand within the city limits, Goetz said.
“This was about alleged conduct, not about what the women were wearing,” he said. “They could have been wearing parkas and if they continued to conduct themselves that way, we still would have filed the criminal charges.”
Undercover detectives began posing as customers in mid-July.
An Everett detective took a city prosecutor to the stand to witness firsthand the activities of the baristas. During that visit, two women allegedly engaged in a “whipped cream show” in which they sprayed whipped cream on each other and licked it off.
On a second visit, a detective was told he couldn’t have a mocha because the stand was out of chocolate. He also was told he couldn’t order a small drink because they only served 20-ounce beverages.
The barista told him that for $20, she and the other barista would give him a show. He paid and they bared their breasts and pulled down their undergarments, police reports said.
The detective noted that the stand is about 30 yards off the roadway and about 10 feet lower than the level of the road, making it easy to see into the business from the street. During the undercover operation, traffic was regularly stopped in front of the stand because of nearby construction, according to investigators.
Detectives say the women also charged customers to play “basketball” — a game in which customers were allowed to throw waded up money at the women, who caught the money in their underpants.
Investigators also witnessed women strip down and perch on the drive-thru window ledge in full view of passing cars. The five women also allowed customers, who paid extra, to grab their breasts and buttocks, police allege.
“We understand why citizens in our community are extremely upset about the conduct, and based on what our detectives found in their investigation, it’s pretty clear to see why,” Goetz said.
Everett police have closed their investigation into the stand. They will continue to investigate any new complaints about prostitution at espresso stands or any location in the city, Goetz said.
Meanwhile, the City Council is expected to decide next week whether to change the city’s lewd conduct ordinance to include espresso stands.
The proposed change, which was part of a regular review of city codes, would not prevent baristas from wearing bikinis, city spokeswoman Kate Reardon said. It also still would be legal for women to wear pasties and sheer undergarments as long as their nipples and areolas are covered.
Police say their investigation was prompted by people’s complaints and separate from any review of city ordinances being considered by city lawmakers.
“We were going forward with our investigation no matter what was going on with the council,” Goetz said.
Diana Hefley: 425-339-3463, hefley@heraldnet.com.
自拍肛門！大學生為了取悅女網友 秀過頭觸法
【2003.12.03 Ettoday】
數位相機的普及，自拍的風潮也在台灣盛行，一名大學生為了取悅女網友，竟然自拍全裸及肛門照片張貼網路，在女方看到之前，日前已先被警方的「淨網專案」查獲，依妨害風害移送法辦。
裸女國道留影…咦，合成的
【2003.12.16 聯合報 記者藍凱誠、游振昇／高雄市報導】
網路流傳一名女子自稱在中部第二高速公路路肩自拍裸照，國道公路警察局第七警察隊初步研判是合成照，其實電腦網路流傳的色情自拍照片，裸女入鏡地點愈來愈本土，連校園、公車亭、咖啡店等公共場所也包括在內。警方說，這是色情網站搞出來的噱頭。
電腦網路發達，各類網路色情業跟著發燒，日本色情網站風行的「素人自拍」，台灣色情網站近年來也吹起本土自拍風，四處流傳的本土色情自拍照片，女主角雖然臉部及身體重要部位打上馬賽克，但整體看起來的確很像東方女子。
豪放女自拍 國道路肩全裸入境
【2003.12.15 TVBS】
自拍風盛行，前陣子才有一名媽媽當著孩子的面拍猥褻照片，最近又出現一名豪放女不但全裸開車，還站在中二高大甲路段路肩脫光衣服，搔首弄姿自拍，一系列火辣照片在網路上流傳，引起軒然大波。
天啊，這是哪裡來的豪放女？大白天一絲不掛，站在高速公路路肩搔首弄姿。
「咖啡西施」舔奶秀被訴
【2009.09.26 蘋果日報 張翠蘭╱綜合外電報導】
美國華盛頓州艾弗雷特市「咖啡西施」的現泡咖啡香走味，警方根據線報，經過兩個月的臥底調查，發現路邊咖啡攤穿著比基尼的咖啡師，只要客人願付最多達80美元（約2600元台幣），就會坦露乳房、私處，供客人伸手觸摸，或表演「互舔奶泡」的特別秀，警方已依涉嫌賣淫罪起訴5名咖啡西施。
收錢任客人摸胸臀
遭指控的是「Grab-N-Go」連鎖外帶咖啡攤，艾弗雷特市警官戈茲周三表示，這5名年齡介於18至24歲的女子犯行「證據確鑿」、「她們裸露乳房，拉下比基尼褲，全身任人看光光」。
警方表示收到約40件抱怨申訴，因此從7月中旬開始派警員扮成顧客，被指控的咖啡西施，會詢問客人額外付費提供特別秀，包括兩名西施把奶泡噴灑在對方身上舔掉，有西施會拉起上衣快速露奶，然後再拉下小褲褲，秀完光屁股再轉身秀私處。臥底警員也目擊咖啡西施收錢，讓客人觸摸裸胸及臀部。
咖啡攤老闆惠勒前天喊冤，稱咖啡西施們只賣咖啡不賣性，認為當局是不滿服務人員穿著比基尼。但警方駁斥此案跟西施穿著無關，就算她們穿大衣，還是會因行為不端被起訴。
豪放裸女 國道路肩自拍 貼上網
【2003.12.15 聯合晚報 劉福奎/台北報導】
繼日前一名母親帶著小孩裸身自拍涉及違反兒童福利法被移送法辦後，最近網路上又出現一名女子裸身駕車，還在國道高速公路171公里處停車大拍裸照，國道高速公路警察局今天根據自拍裸照上的地形，派巡邏警車現場勘查路段 ，將循線偵辦。
國道高速公路警察局表示，這名女子竟然到高速公路上拍裸照，真是匪夷所思，這種行為已經明顯觸犯妨害風化罪嫌，另外非緊急事故停車路肩行為也違反道路交通安全處罰條例，如造成用路駕駛因此發生事故造成傷亡，這名女子還可能涉及過失傷害、甚至過失致死等刑責。
太魯閣也淪陷？自拍族在園區拍清涼照郵件曝光
自拍族東進，太魯閣國家公園也淪陷入鏡。
【2003.11.26 ETtoday 記者鍾長益／花蓮報導】
本土自拍族又攻陷了一處國內的風景名勝。一封主題叫做「太魯閣公園也淪陷」的郵件中，一名半裸的女子在太魯閣國家公園園區內的一處吊橋自拍，雖然不是三點全露，還是讓看到這郵件的國家公園警察隊嚇出一身冷汗。
這些網路照片雖然看不見女主角的臉孔，只有脫了一半的自拍照，但背景有一個太魯閣國家公園的字樣，也宣告著太魯閣國家公園正式被自拍族攻陷。
「性／別政治」研討會 打破同志刻版印象
【1999.11.28 中國時報 藝文出版 記者陳文芬/台北報導】
一般以為男同性戀就是娘娘腔的男人，坊間用英語說CC Gay ，女同性戀就把她們都當做「男人婆」，穿著打扮都像男人，叫做Tomboy，昨天中央大學舉辦的第三屆「性／別政治」超薄型國際學術研討會主題「宛若TC 」，專門討論娘娘腔男人和男人婆，試圖要打破這種對於女、男同性戀者刻板印象。
有三位外國學者專程來台發表論文，其中，以加州大學聖地牙哥分校教授茱蒂斯‧哈柏斯坦（Judith Halberstam ），為電影、酷兒與流行文化理論家，於國際享有重要地位，中央大學性別研究室指出，哈柏斯坦的來台，也將使各國理論界注意到台灣是一個研究性別差異的重要據點文化。來訪學者還有印度籍的加州大學戴維斯分校教授Gayatri Gopinath、菲律賓大學教授賈西亞（Neil Garcia）。
這場會議論文發表的地理空間涵蓋美國、印度、菲律賓、台灣，從五○年代到今天的性／奇觀與社會效應做討論，但更有意思的是，大師如哈柏斯坦，是早就公開出櫃表明自己是女同志的學者，以研究「女性陽剛」特質稱著，賈西亞則是菲律賓最前衛的菲律賓大學校園當中，第一位公開以同志身分做教學與性別領域的研究，著作有「菲律賓三十年同志文化史」，在亞洲相關領域研究頗具原創性，兩人親自現身，秀出學界同志在T 與 C 形象的實踐典範。
哈柏斯坦以一九九三年發生在美國內布拉斯加州鄉間的瀑布城，Brandon Teena 與其友人遭槍殺案為例作為論文「男性騙局」的主要討論內容：Brandon 是一個女孩，但一直以男性身分過生活，並與當地女孩約會，很受女孩喜愛。有一天，與Brandon一起玩樂的哥兒們發現她原來是女人，把她強暴了，她曾報警，反而還被警察戲弄，不久這群白種男人到她家，連同來訪的黑人殘障友人、女友三人以處決般的槍擊方式謀殺，引來美國輿論至今議論不休，至少有一部紀錄片、好萊塢電影、酷兒長片正在拍攝，並且有藝術家在古根漢基金會的資助下，建立一個叫做Brandon 的網站。
從此，瀑布城貧窮鄉村白種男人的地景與形象，變成媒體討論此事時關注的鏡頭，並且挖掘Brandon扮成男人背後的動機。
哈柏斯坦指出，他們忽略了一個要點，那就是這些女人選擇Brandon的社會報酬根本就很少，她們還是放棄了傳統的男人，而根據一部訪問Brandon的女友們錄影帶，每個女友都說他是她們的夢中情人，很浪漫、很體貼，「知道女人想要怎樣被對待」，很顯然，Brandon不只實踐，還迎合他的女朋友心目中的陽剛特質，這種展現不只是對週遭白種勞工男人陽剛氣質的致命批判，更巧妙挪用她們對中產階級、美國男性浪漫的想像。
而美國媒體曾質疑Brandon 為什麼要留在特別排斥同性戀的鄉下地方，她的愛恨情仇，成為今日美國鄉村暴力的示警寓言，哈柏斯坦則反過來認為Brandon是向鄉下的異性戀陽剛暴力罪犯爭取跨性別人權失敗的烈士，鄉村小鎮是「愛憎相互激盪，羽翼幾乎相觸」美麗又恐怖的地方，自由原野景色，人與人之間互相監視，缺乏隱私的本質，在該案特別凸顯出來，她呼籲，性別研究者要將觸角延伸到都市以外、菁英生活以外的地方，了解更多元的酷兒文化。
露點自拍改貼懺悔錄 網友反擊檢警侵害同志人權
性器官自拍男落網，檢察官要求上網寫悔過書。
【2003.12.17 ETtoday 記者楊才蔚、簡振書／台北報導】
網路自拍屢見不鮮，一名李姓男子在網路張貼性器官自拍照，被檢警查獲。檢察官認為李姓男子有悔意，做出緩起訴處分，但是要求他在網路張貼懺悔錄，以自身觸犯法律的經驗，希望能在茫茫網海中，發揮發揮警惕效果。
李姓男子在一個網站上張貼性器官露點照，被台北縣新莊分局查獲移送法辦。承辦檢察官認為男子有悔意，最後作出緩起訴處分，同時要求連續三天在網站張貼懺悔文。
化名「漢斯」的李姓男子激動的說著，這一項犯罪記錄污點，讓他很難過，每天夜深人靜，都會讓他很擔心，就像驚弓之鳥一樣。
自拍性器貼上網 男子被罰寫悔過書
【2003.12.17 TVBS 記者賀乙舜、陳藝緯/台北報導】
一名男子因為在網路上張貼自己性器官自拍照，遭檢察官緩起訴處分，並要求他在網路上寫悔過書；男子說現在他嚇得晚上睡不著，就怕警察再找上門，還奉勸網友不要以身試法。
在一個同志網站上，有一個很特別的經驗分享。標題是「觸犯刑法235條」，化名「漢斯」的男子說 「每天晚上，都會不自覺地發抖，因為不記得以前在哪些網站上、貼了哪些圖片，來不及刪除，又擔心警察會再找上門」。