Published Thursday, June 26, 1997, in the Miami Herald

IN THE NEWS

From Herald Wire Services


Irate former friend kicks woman for going topless in yard

TRENTON, Ontario -- Tension over Ontario's new topless freedoms has claimed its first casualties.

Heather Genereaux pleaded guilty Tuesday to assaulting her former best friend and neighbor, who persisted in doing yard work while topless.

Genereaux, 24, was upset because Jennifer Fitzgibbon, 23, was going topless in view of Genereaux's 10-year-old son. A neighbor said Genereaux scaled a hedge, kicked Fitzgibbon in the stomach and ``ripped her bikini bottom clear off her body.''

A naked Fitzgibbon managed to give Genereaux a black eye in the fight.
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