Woman Faces Trial Over Hooters Text Message
New boobies can be lead to trouble, even if they're not yours.
Here's a good example that freedom of speech doesn't mean you won't land in jail, even if it was in jest with a sibling.
A Smithfield City, Utah woman sent her sister a text message and now faces harassment charges and time in court. The whole ordeal revolved around her sister's new boob job, and how she could now apply for a job at Hooters.
No big deal, right?
Jennifer Willhite, the woman behind the message, said that her comments were only meant to be a joke. However sister Anna Hansen didn't think the joke about her implants was all that funny. In fact, she took offense and went straight to the local Smithfield City Police Department to file a formal complaint.
So what's the charge? Try Electronic Communications Harassment--it's a Class B misdemeanor.
Willhite's attorney--Shannon Demler--blasted the entire situation. "I think people need to get a thicker skin… there’s no crime that has been committed, we just think it’s ridiculous quite frankly," she told ABC 4 on Thursday.
A bench trial has been set for July 9. There was no indication that Willhite was banned from texting her sister, or if the sister actually landed a job at Hooters. If anything, what we learned here was that whatever you say can and will be used against you, whether its in or outside the family unit.
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Wow, sounds like there was some bad blood in the family. In before really bad breast puns.
That's not even harassment. The law is way out of control. Her defense would be as simple as "I meant it as a compliment". Case closed.
Humans just get stupider and stupider. (but at the same time, smarter and smarter)
My experience: Women who get boob jobs have self esteem issues. They want you to look, but do not under any circumstances say anything about them. They are hoping you are dumb enough to think that they are real.
next family holiday is bound to be a hoot
And if it didn't happen in Utah, no one would care. I'm surprised there's even a Hooters there, anyway. Well I guess there's "Mormon Muffins" so I'm not too surprised.
Sister Anna, the one with the boob job, is too lazy to get a job at Hooters, so she's gonna sue Sister Jennifer for all that tip money. Come on now, how hard is it to wiggle your @$$, flash that new cleavage line, and carry a tray full of beers and wings??? Then again maybe she's too ugly to work at Hooters.
Total BS
Stop scaring me or I'll sue Tom's Hardware for harassment!
They're not sisters.
Ok, now I can't even text someone a joke without a fear of being sued. GREAT! That's the american way. Sue everyone you wish.
Wow. That is stupid to sue your own family over something stupid like that. I mean, you should hear what me and my brothers and my friends say to each other.
huhn..... Maybe I should play mute the rest of my life.
We will all eventually talk like this any way. "Work is finished. Next task?"
Because no one gets offended when it's simple and sounds like a computer.
Actually Smithfield is only 5 minutes from my house. Google maps gives the closest Hooters to my home at 92.6 miles away.
Good luck commuting almost 100 miles a day to work. And then commuting another 100 miles home after your shift every night.
Personally, I wish only the absolute worse for women who get implants. They are taking their superficial lives to a new level. People whose entire adult life revolves around judging everything based solely upon its appearance, and how this appearance will cause other people, mostly women, to envy them is a sad commentary on what they do with themselves. Brains and a sense of humor have a far longer lasting impact on a relationship than fixating about ones stupid breast size or hair color.
What really shocks me is the way the press takes one side and not the other and puts it on here without 100% facts. The news is getting so lazy to find real stories that they resort to tabloid type trash. Anyone wonder if this is really what the lawsuit is about? Or could there be more to the story? Sounds to me like you should hear both sides of the story before making her sister the bad guy.
So someone got a pair of "Plastic Fantastics" and is now suing because her sister noticed. Don't women who get these things want to be noticed? No wait, I made a joke about someone having "Plastic Fantastics" on their chest. Does that mean I can be sued? This nation is getting way too lawsuit happy.
Why sue only the sister who texted this horrible message? How about the phone company that transmitted the message? And the handset manufacturer(s) that allowed the message to be typed on their keyboards, and displayed on their screens. Note to attorney: much deeper pockets there!
With Lawsuits, the only people that win are the Lawyers. I've seen frivolous disputes that would have never gone to court except a Lawyer "friend" steps-in and talks one side into suing the other party.
While there likely was bad-blood between the two siblings already, I wonder if the situation may have been exasperated in this manner?
WTF???! is no one at all surprised that her sister is suing her? This country is becoming too sensitive, these laws sound like little kindergarten rules!
My experience: Women who get boob jobs have self esteem issues. They want you to look, but do not under any circumstances say anything about them. They are hoping you are dumb enough to think that they are real.
thats BS dude, not everyone who gets boob jobs have self esteem issues, thats what stupid people who are jealous say!
I would love to see judges force the ATTORNEYS to personally pay the court costs in frivolous lawsuits.
You know, this is far worse than most seem to think. The lady in question is not being 'sued', she is being prosecuted. A lawsuit could be dismissed as silly. That a DA would actually pursue criminal sanctions over something like this is downright scary.
What a useless twit.
Humans just get stupider and stupider. (but at the same time, smarter and smarter)
Humans are filling their heads with knowledge but losing intelligence in the process. Knowledge is not intelligence and having lots of knowledge doesn't make you smart.
Personally, I wish only the absolute worse for women who get implants. They are taking their superficial lives to a new level. People whose entire adult life revolves around judging everything based solely upon its appearance, and how this appearance will cause other people, mostly women, to envy them is a sad commentary on what they do with themselves. Brains and a sense of humor have a far longer lasting impact on a relationship than fixating about ones stupid breast size or hair color.
Some women get implants because they had breast cancer surgeries. just saying.
on the article, however...you dont tell women ANYTHING bad when its that time of the month...her sister should've known that. lol
It's a set-up. Sister is suing the company. They will share the gold. FTW!
Hey Anna....YOU COULD PROBABLY GET A JOB AT THE STRIP CLUB!...OOOHhhhh
....better now?
Since you're suing, now we all know.
Can someone start a facebook page...it can be called "Let Anna know what she can do with her "Plastic Fantastics'"...hahaha.
On a sidenote they probably really hate each other...but suing...really?...go get a hobby.
I hate fake boobs. They feel hard, not soft and squishy like real boobs. They also have unsightly scars, from where the incisions were made to insert the implants. I'll take some natural A cups over a C implant ANY day of the week.