Topless paparazzo wins $40,000 settlement from city
Holly Van Voast claims she was arrested at least 10 times since 2011 while touring the five boroughs with a painted-on moustache and a Marilyn Monroe wig, dubbing herself "Harvey Van Toast, the topless paparazzo."
Comments (18)By Daniel Beekman / NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
Published: Wednesday, October 30, 2013, 11:31 AM
Updated: Wednesday, October 30, 2013, 2:02 PM
Jefferson Siegel for New York Daily News
Holly Van Voast, known as the Topless Paparazzo, won a $40,000 settlement from the city.
Topless artist and photographer Holly Van Voast, who claimed the NYPD repeatedly violated her right to strut her stuff by putting her in cuffs, has agreed to settle her federal lawsuit against the city for $40,000, court papers showed Wednesday.
Van Voast filed her complaint in May, claiming she had been wrongfully arrested or detained at least 10 times since 2011 while touring the boroughs with a painted-on mustache and a blond Marilyn Monroe wig as "Harvey Van Toast, the topless paparazzo."
Van Voast, who recently relocated to Kentucky to write a book about her experiences in the Big Apple, said she hardly hit the jackpot.
"I think the amount is very low, considering what happened to me," said Van Voast, mentioning that the cops had her hospitalized several times for psychiatric evaluations.
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"I can only call it abuse ... I was punished for being a creative New Yorker, for what people think New York is."
Van Voast filed her complaint in May, claiming she had been wrongfully arrested or detained at least 10 times since 2011 while touring the boroughs with a painted-on mustache and a blond Marilyn Monroe wig as "Harvey Van Toast, the topless paparazzo."
Van Voast, who recently relocated to Kentucky to write a book about her experiences in the Big Apple, said she hardly hit the jackpot.
"I think the amount is very low, considering what happened to me," said Van Voast, mentioning that the cops had her hospitalized several times for psychiatric evaluations.
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"I can only call it abuse ... I was punished for being a creative New Yorker, for what people think New York is."
Jefferson Siegel
Van Voast went topless at various locations such as St. Patrick's Cathedral, Grand Central Oyster Bar, and near an elementary school.
Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/topless-paparazzo-wins-40-000-city-article-1.1501292#ixzz2jEZlzgXS
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