Judge rules that Richard Gere is not obscene
Almost a year ago, Richard Gere embraced and kissed Bollywood actor Shilpa Shetty during an AIDS awareness concert. Predictably enough, the easily offended started jumping up and down and an Indian judge issued arrest warrants for both Gere and Shetty for contravening the country’s public obscenity laws.
India’s Supreme Court has finally thrown out the case.
“Richard Gere is free to enter the country. This is the end of the matter,” a two-judge bench headed by the Chief Justice of India, KG Balakrishnan, said.
The judges said the court believed that such complaints (against celebrities) were “frivolous” and filed for “cheap publicity”.
Quite.
Friday 14 Mar 2008 | Paul | India
