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(INDIANAPOLIS, February 20th, 2004, 1 p.m.) -- The owner of a car with a nude woman painted on its trunk is hoping a G-rated version of the dancer satisfies prosecutors.
During a hearing Thursday in Marion Superior Court, a lawyer for Erica Meredith, 25, said his client would have clothes painted on the 3-by-5-foot image of the woman.
The airbrushed paint job on the 1976 Buick sedan depicts a naked woman twirling around a pole while two men in an audience watch.
The car was registered in Meredith's name but actually belonged to her boyfriend, Keyon Johnson, she said.
Meredith was charged with a felony count of disseminating material harmful to minors after she was ticketed during a traffic stop last month near a school. Johnson was not charged.
Marion County Prosecutor Carl Brizzi has said he would drop charges if the image was covered or the car was kept off the street.
Jack Crawford, Meredith's attorney, said the artist who painted the mural would paint clothes on it.
"We suggest that the offensive parts be covered," Crawford said.
(Copyright 2004 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
(INDIANAPOLIS, February 20th, 2004, 1 p.m.) -- The owner of a car with a nude woman painted on its trunk is hoping a G-rated version of the dancer satisfies prosecutors.
During a hearing Thursday in Marion Superior Court, a lawyer for Erica Meredith, 25, said his client would have clothes painted on the 3-by-5-foot image of the woman.
The airbrushed paint job on the 1976 Buick sedan depicts a naked woman twirling around a pole while two men in an audience watch.
The car was registered in Meredith's name but actually belonged to her boyfriend, Keyon Johnson, she said.
Meredith was charged with a felony count of disseminating material harmful to minors after she was ticketed during a traffic stop last month near a school. Johnson was not charged.
Marion County Prosecutor Carl Brizzi has said he would drop charges if the image was covered or the car was kept off the street.
Jack Crawford, Meredith's attorney, said the artist who painted the mural would paint clothes on it.
"We suggest that the offensive parts be covered," Crawford said.
(Copyright 2004 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
