Abercrombie manager hit with obscenity charge for ads
Posted February 4th, 2008 by minortopics | via www.msnbc.msn.comWait, is this 2008 or 1958? A manager at an Abercrombie & Fitch store in Virginia Beach, Virginia has been issued an obscenity citation for poisoning the minds of poor, innocent Virginia teenagers. The cops sprung into action when they received complaints about two large ads in the store — one that showed about an inch of ass crack peeking out from the top of a man’s jeans, and another that featured a woman displaying a bit of side boob. Shocking! And probably showing less than you would see down at the city’s namesake ocean front.
City code makes it a crime to display “obscene materials in a business that is open to juveniles,” Bernstein said.
Bernstein said police charged the manager because there is no legal way to issue a summons to a corporate entity in such circumstances. If convicted, the manager faces a fine of up to $2,000 and as much as a year in jail.
The manager declined to comment, saying that he was waiting for guidance from corporate officials at the New Albany, Ohio-based retailer. A telephone message left for an Abercrombie spokeswoman Sunday night was not immediately returned.