Mom’s suing after wet T-shirt leads to arrest at kiddie splash park

By at 5 August, 2010, 7:52 am

On a hot April day, Janet Lovett took her 7-year-old son to a Tavares splash park to cool off. But things only heated up. A park employee asked Lovett to leave, because the white t-shirt she was wearing had become wet and exposed her padded bra. She says she left. Her child and husband remained in the park. But outside the park gate a police officer approached her and asked her for ID and her name, reports WFTV News-9 in Orlando. The Lake County mom found herself behind bars facing an arrest record for obstruction of justice and resisting arrest without violence, reports WFTV. The police report indicates Lovett didn’t give her name fast enough. But Lovett says she was scared and wanted to

know why she was getting arrested, reports WFTV. Lovett’s attorney is now asking the city the same questions: He says the police had no legal right to ask Lovett for ID, because no crime had been committed, reports WFTV. He attorney claims if Lovett wore a bra, then it’s not indecent exposure — and he intends to sue the city for violation of civil rights, false arrest and malicious prosecution. . The Tavares Police Chief told WFTV his officers operated within policy that day. Images of Lovett at the splash park from WFTV. Photo: Janet Lovett talks to WFTV / WFTV news More FloriDUH

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Mom’s suing after wet T-shirt leads to arrest at kiddie splash park

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