Actress Daniele Watts and her boyfriend Brian James Lucas have been charged with with lewd conduct in public for allegedly having sex in broad daylight in front of CBS studios in Los Angeles last month, according to TMZ.
The case drew media attention after Watts and Lucas went on CNN and complained that the police who responded to the September 16th incident were racially motivated when they handcuffed her after she refused to give them her identification and then walked away from the scene. She added that police thought she was a prostitute.
Watts' story was contradicted by audio obtained by TMZ that clearly showed she was not being racially profiled. Civil rights leaders who had defended Watts demanded that she apologize to the LAPD after the audio emerged, but she refused.
Police responded after being called by witnesses from office buildings who said the two were having sex.
If convicted Watts and Lucas could face up to six months in county jail.
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