Playboy model Dani Mathers ordered to clean up graffiti after naked woman locker room Snapchat image

Dani Mathers: The Playboy bunny appeared in LA County Superior Court to answer charges.
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Michael Howie25 May 2017

A Playboy model has been ordered to clean up graffiti as punishment for secretly taking a photo of a naked 71-year-old woman in a changing room and posting it online with a mocking comment.

Dani Mathers pleaded no contest to a charge of invasion of privacy in Los Angeles County Superior Court for the case that sparked outrage over the incident of so-called body shaming.

Mathers, 30, had previously apologised for taking the photo at an LA Fitness club in July and posting it on Snapchat with the caption: “If I can’t unsee this then you can’t either.”

The posting was accompanied by a selfie of Mathers in a tank top with her hand over her mouth as if she is gasping in horror.

Charged: Model Dani Mathers and her attorney during court proceedings in LA.
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The 2015 Playmate of the Year said she intended to send the photo privately to a friend and accidentally posted it publicly.

Dani Mathers was the Playboy Playmate of the year 2015
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Her defence lawyer Thomas Mesereau said outside court: “She really apologises from the bottom of her heart for what happened.”

But Los Angeles city attorney Mike Feuer said: “Body shaming can devastate its subject. People are mocked, they’re humiliated and in ways they can never fully get back.”

Mathers was given a 30-day community service order and will be on probation for three years.

She was also ordered to pay her 60 dollars (£46) to replace a backpack seen in the photo so the woman would not easily be identified.

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