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Subway Flasher Sentenced to Probation
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Jen Chung
Published Apr 19, 2006
Modified Mar 7, 2008
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Serial subway flasher and rax food restaurateur Dan Hoyt was sentenced to 2 years probation plus counseling in the case of his subway pleasuring that was captured by a cameraphone last August. Hoyt apologized for his actions, and it turns out he's flashed people four other times between 2004 and 2005. Eep. However, Thao Nguyn, who snapped the photograph, was deeply unimpressed with Hoyt's remarks to New York magazine, where he said some women would be turned on by what he did and want to date him. Nguyen was one of the women marching outside of the courtroom against Hoyt; Hollaback NYC founder Lauren Spees told the AP that Nguyen "is like the Rosa Parks of street harassment."
Photograph of Hoyt by Thao Nguyen
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