By Sean Cusick and Jack Hawke
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A barmaid from rural Western Australia has been fined for attempting to hang spoons off her nipples and for crushing beer cans with her breasts and buttocks while performing in a pub.
Luana De Faveri, 31, was fined $1000 after entering a guilty plea without appearing in court to breaches of licence conditions under the Liquor Control Act.
De Faveri exposed her breasts on two separate occasions in June of this year and performed her can-crushing party trick at least once while working at Pinjarra's Premier Hotel as a 'skimpy barmaid'.
Hotel owner Graham Roberts struggled to understand what all the fuss was about.
"This is a tradesmen's pub with a very local, loyal crowd," he said.
"Everyone knows Thursday night is 'skimpy night' …. we don’t allow kids in here, and women prefer to come in for a meal and a drink on the other days.
"We put signs up outside, it's not like we're running a secret show out the back.
"It's been happening for years, it's a chance to let the blokes unwind a little.
"There's nothing lewd or indecent about it at all … the worst thing is a woman might flash her boobs.
"That's as far as it goes."
Police say a mobile phone video was obtained that showed De Faveri remove her top, rub ice on her nipples and attempt to hang spoons off her breasts on the night of June 7.
The footage also showed an off-duty barmaid assisting De Faveri with the attempt.
On a second occasion in late June, alcohol and drug officers observed De Faveri again expose her breasts when she performed the can-crushing trick.
Police say she exposed herself as she lay on top of the bar, and also spread her legs wide apart and pulled the hotpants she was wearing up between her buttocks.
She was also observed to crush a can between her buttocks.
Inspector Kevin Schorer said De Faveri's behaviour was not acceptable in WA hotels.
"We're trying to maintain a standard," he said.
"We want to send a clear message to licensees and the industry as well as the public that this sort of behaviour is not tolerated."
The off-duty barmaid who participated in the first incident, Tracey Leslie, 43, was fined $500, while bar manager Roy Williams, 43, was hit with a $1000 fine for allowing the behaviour to take place.
Raunchy Promotions owner Steve Zielinski, who contracted Faveri to the hotel, labelled the charges "a massive overreaction and an absolute joke".
"The girl did nothing wrong — you'd see more down on the beach on a Sunday," he said.
"To be taken to court for showing your boobs is an absolute joke … It's not like she was having sex with a bar tap or anything over the top like that."
Zielinski added police shouldn't "act as the moral guardians of society".
"There's a massive crime problem in Pinjarra … drugs are out of control in Western Australia," he said.
"If the police are fair dinkum about protecting people in pubs and clubs, why don't they target the real issues instead?"
Raunchy Promotions employ up to 150 girls for services ranging from barmaids to strip shows, but De Faveri no longer works for their agency.
"I'm not surprised she didn’t show up for court," Zielinski said.
"She's probably humiliated and I don't blame her.
"She's been forced to work underground now."
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