Attorneys for a West Valley City woman asked a state judge on Tuesday to do two things: Dismiss her misdemeanor lewdness charges and change state law.
Tilli Buchanan, 28, was charged in February with three counts of lewdness involving a child after prosecutors accuse her of exposing her breasts to her stepchildren several years ago.
But her attorneys argue that Buchanan’s husband had been in the same state of undress — the couple had stripped down after installing insulation in their garage — and he was not charged with any crime.
During oral arguments Tuesday, an attorney with the American Civil Liberties Union of Utah argued this uneven treatment highlights how Utah’s lewdness laws target and discriminate against women.