An American woman could spending ten years on the sex offenders register after her step-kids saw her topless in her own home.
Tilli Buchanan, 28, went before a court in Utah today charged with lewdness because she took off her top while working on something in the garage of her house.
Basically, she was trying to hang some drywall in the house alongside her husband and decided to take her top off because she was too warm.
That meant her breasts were exposed to her three step-kids, who are aged 13, 10 and 9.
The state of Utah has pretty strict laws about nudity, which means women aren't allowed to show their bare breasts anywhere, including - it would seem - their own garage.
Which begs the question, where in the home does that extend to? The bedroom? The shower?
Strange, to say the least.
Anyway, a number of legal challenges to the charges are ongoing, but in February she was prosecuted for lewdness.
Interestingly enough, her husband has not been charged.
If convicted, she could have to spend 10 years on the sex offender register and could even face jail time, according to Deseret News.
When the kids asked her why she'd removed her top, she told them she considers herself a feminist.
Buchanan's lawyers are to ask the judge to declare Utah's laws on lewdness unconstitutional. They argue that men and women are treated differently under the current legislation.
Leah Farrell, the senior attorney for the American Civil Liberties Union of Utah, said: "What's important to look at, to see when you look at the statute, is that there's part of it that says this part of a woman is inherently obscene and this part of a man isn't.
"And that really sets up an unequal, unfair dichotomy."
In the court documents, Buchanan's lawyer explained the story and added: "Tilli explained that she considers herself a feminist and she wanted to make a point that everybody should be fine with walking around their house or elsewhere with skin showing."
Buchanan is hopeful that her charges will be dismissed, adding 'especially given it was in the privacy of my own home'.
She said: "My husband was right next to me in the same exact manner that I was, and he's not being prosecuted."
Buchanan's attorneys argue that the law in Utah is a violation of the 14th Amendment to the US Constitution, which offers all citizens the right to equal protection.
Farrell cited the recent change to legislation in Colorado in which the city of Fort Collins banned women from being topless but not men.
The case will be heard over the next few months.
Featured Image Credit: PA