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Google Street View flasher censored then arrested after showing breasts to camera car

Woman turned herself in after finding internet fame only hours before

Andrew Griffin
Wednesday 01 April 2015 19:42 BST
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Davis, seen before Google decided to censor her image entirely
Davis, seen before Google decided to censor her image entirely

A woman who gained brief fame by flashing her breasts at a Google Street View car has been charged by police, who say that her actions “were the same as someone flashing their genitals”.

Karen Davis, a 38-year-old Australian woman, was captured with her shirt pulled up as Google’s car drove around Port Pirie, in South Australia. Reports this morning said that she welcomed her new-found fame, as the discovery gained popularity on the internet, but hours later the police said that she had been charged with disorderly behaviour.

Police said that David had pursued the car with her top up so that she would be sure she would be caught, according to local reports. Google initially censored the image of her breasts, but has since blurred Davis entirely.

"The woman's actions were the same as someone flashing their genitals and the public expectation is that we take action," said local police chief Superintendent Scott Denny.

"Recently in Port Pirie we arrested a man for exposing himself in public - this incident is no different.

"It is not appropriate for anyone to expose themselves in public places.”

The woman had turned herself in to police to “save them the petrol,” she told the local Port Pirie Recorder. “The reason why they wanted me to be reported is some high profile people in Port Pirie disagreed and thought I didn’t represent the town well, so they had to act,” she said.

The fame had been surreal and had both good and bad effects, according to Davis.

“I cried a bit today, but I laughed so much yesterday that I thought I had to cry a bit to even it up,” she told her local paper.

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