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04.02.06
By Elizabeth Binning
New Zealand director Lee Tamahori has been arrested in Los Angeles for allegedly offering sexual services to an undercover police officer - while dressed in drag.
Tamahori, 55, who made it big in Hollywood after directing Once Were Warriors, is on bail after appearing in a Los Angeles court this week.
Prosecution spokesman Frank Mateljan said Tamahori was dressed in a black wig and off-the-shoulder dress when he approached anundercover police officer in Hollywood on January 8 and offered to perform sex for money.
Los Angeles police media spokesman Jason Lee told the Weekend Herald Tamahori had been charged with agreeing to engage in an act of prostitution and unlawfully loitering on Santa Monica Boulevard.
04.02.06
By Elizabeth Binning
New Zealand director Lee Tamahori has been arrested in Los Angeles for allegedly offering sexual services to an undercover police officer - while dressed in drag.
Tamahori, 55, who made it big in Hollywood after directing Once Were Warriors, is on bail after appearing in a Los Angeles court this week.
Prosecution spokesman Frank Mateljan said Tamahori was dressed in a black wig and off-the-shoulder dress when he approached anundercover police officer in Hollywood on January 8 and offered to perform sex for money.
Los Angeles police media spokesman Jason Lee told the Weekend Herald Tamahori had been charged with agreeing to engage in an act of prostitution and unlawfully loitering on Santa Monica Boulevard.
