A Louisiana woman named Dawn Pierce has filed a federal lawsuit accusing a local Police Department of arresting her for posting a woman's OnlyFans lingerie photos on Facebook.
According to NOLA.com, Pierce, before her arrest, "quarreled online with the 22-year-old fiancee of a former co-worker" of Golden Meadow, Louisiana, Mayor Joey Bouziga. She is accusing officials of making a "false arrest."
The New Orleans newspaper reported on November 28 that Pierce filed a federal lawsuit accusing Bouziga of pressuring the Golden Meadow Police Chief Michelle Lafont to "arrest Lafourche Parish resident Dawn Pierce over her social media posts." The docket says the suit was filed in October against Bouziga, the Town of Golden Meadow, and another officer.
Lafont is accused of initially objecting after the mayor "ordered Pierce's arrest," NOLA.com reported.
According to NOLA.com, Pierce was accused of "uploading some of the woman’s OnlyFans photos to Facebook," which she contends isn't a crime.
The newspaper described Pierce as a "52-year-old customer service agent," and says she was arrested at her home in July. The District Attorney's office later "dropped the charges" against Pierce, the newspaper noted.
The suit makes accusations against the chief and the mayor. Complex has reached out to them via the community's email to offer them a chance to comment. The attorney for Golden Meadow declined to respond to NOLA.com.
According to NOLA.com, Pierce was accused of having "uploaded 'lingerie' photos from the OnlyFans account of her nephew’s fiancée," but her lawyer argued it wasn't illegal because the photos "don’t show genitalia or sexual conduct."
The website Folklife in Louisiana says that the Town of Golden Meadow "is the southernmost incorporated area of Lafourche Parish."
"During the course of its nearly 120 years atop southeastern Louisiana marshland, it has been transformed from a small farming enterprise, to a modest settlement of fishermen, to a rapidly growing seafood processing center, to an oilfield drilling and services center, to now a small residential town," that article says. "The town is infamously known to many travelers as the speed-trap on the way to Grand Isle and the Gulf of Mexico."
The town has had controversies before. The former Golden Meadow police chief, who was defeated by Lafont, was arrested and accused of deleting records.