Alternate thread title: Dear Penthouse, I never thought this would happen to me.
Even though we are now 16 years into the 21st century, our society has yet to reconcile itself to the idea we are on camera, no matter where we are, or what we are doing.
There is a local New Orleans radio personality and lawyer named Jennifer Gaubert. She no longer has a radio show.
In 2012, she was involved in an incident with a New Orleans cab driver. After the cabbie picked her up, she climbed over the seat of the cab and propositioned the driver. She pulled up her skirt to reveal she was not wearing panties, and then proceeded to unzip the man's pants and pull on his penis. She wanted to suck his penis, but he resisted her advances.
We know all of this to be a fact, because the cab driver had the presence of mind to set his phone camera on record and capture most of the incident. It's very clear that he does not want her attention and she just won't take no for an answer. He did the sensible thing and called 911 after she exited the cab.
I can imagine it was the hightlight of the 911 operator's day.
"911. What is your emergency?"
"She whipped out my penis and was trying to give me oral sex and I said no”
"Okay, so what's the emergency?"
The article does not state how authorities responded to this call, but about a year later, Jennifer reported an extortion attempt and claimed the cabbie had sent a blackmail threat through email. The cabbie was arrested and spent a day in jail, before making bail. The arrest was based only on the complaint, and no apparent investigation.
The whole thing got murkier when it was revealed the cabbie had filed a civil suit against Jennifer and expected a cash award for his distress and suffering. The video would be evidence, and unlike most extortion attempts, it's all a public record, including the video.
Jennifer was convicted of simple battery for her poorly executed seduction and sentenced to one day in jail, with the day suspended.
If there is a happy ending in all of this, the City of New Orleans coughed up $40,000 of the taxpayer's money to compensate the taxi driver for his troubles and his day in jail.
Even though we are now 16 years into the 21st century, our society has yet to reconcile itself to the idea we are on camera, no matter where we are, or what we are doing.
There is a local New Orleans radio personality and lawyer named Jennifer Gaubert. She no longer has a radio show.
In 2012, she was involved in an incident with a New Orleans cab driver. After the cabbie picked her up, she climbed over the seat of the cab and propositioned the driver. She pulled up her skirt to reveal she was not wearing panties, and then proceeded to unzip the man's pants and pull on his penis. She wanted to suck his penis, but he resisted her advances.
We know all of this to be a fact, because the cab driver had the presence of mind to set his phone camera on record and capture most of the incident. It's very clear that he does not want her attention and she just won't take no for an answer. He did the sensible thing and called 911 after she exited the cab.
I can imagine it was the hightlight of the 911 operator's day.
"911. What is your emergency?"
"She whipped out my penis and was trying to give me oral sex and I said no”
"Okay, so what's the emergency?"
The article does not state how authorities responded to this call, but about a year later, Jennifer reported an extortion attempt and claimed the cabbie had sent a blackmail threat through email. The cabbie was arrested and spent a day in jail, before making bail. The arrest was based only on the complaint, and no apparent investigation.
The whole thing got murkier when it was revealed the cabbie had filed a civil suit against Jennifer and expected a cash award for his distress and suffering. The video would be evidence, and unlike most extortion attempts, it's all a public record, including the video.
Jennifer was convicted of simple battery for her poorly executed seduction and sentenced to one day in jail, with the day suspended.
If there is a happy ending in all of this, the City of New Orleans coughed up $40,000 of the taxpayer's money to compensate the taxi driver for his troubles and his day in jail.
