Police Arrest Presidential Candidate in France for Campaigning Topless

Rotimi Morgan/

A candidate in the French presidential election has been arrested for parading topless in the street to promote transparency.
Cindy Lee, 52, who is the candidate for the Pleasure Party in France, was handing out pamphlets and talking to voters, while she was wearing just a pair of hotpants and tassels covering each nipple.
But her desire to shine a light on what she described as corruption in French politics did not go well, as she was arrested by 30 riot police officers, who had mistaken her for a radical feminist activist.
The potential presidential candidate stripped down and talked to local journalists surrounded by her supporters.
She said: “We are here to demand transparency when it comes to corruption, and this outfit justifies transparency
“I advocate the well-being of the individual in society, putting people at the centre of politics.”
Her effort to gain support was cut short just as she was getting into the groove of her campaigning when 30 riot police officers led her away.
They wrongly thought she was associated with the Femen movement, which regularly holds a topless protest against the exploitation of women that invariably result in those taking part being detained.
Although Lee is an official candidate of her party, it seems unlikely she will challenge the three frontline candidates, Marine Le Pen, Emmanuel Macron or Francois Fillon for the leadership.