An Australia man was acquitted of rape
Friday when a jury ruled there had to be
"collaboration" to remove the woman's tight
size six skinny jeans.
Nicholas Gonzales, 23, admitted to having
sex with the 24-year-old accuser, but
insisted it was consensual.
The woman said Gonzales pushed her on
his bed and held down against her will, the
Daily Mail reported.
"I struggled to try to get up for a while and
then he undid my jeans and he pulled
them off," she testified.
Gonzales' lawyer pressed her, saying it
would be "difficult for skinny jeans to be
taken off by someone else unless the
wearer's assisting, collaborating,
consenting."
"I would disagree," the woman replied.
The skinny jeans defense has become
more common in rape trials all over the
world.
In 2008, a Seoul, South Korea jury
overturned a rape conviction for the same r
eason.
An Italian jury upheld a rape conviction in
2008 when lawyers brought a skinny jeans
defense, saying "jeans cannot be
compared to any type of chastity belt."
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