Playboy model sentenced for body-shaming woman at the gym

The Playboy model that posted a naked photo of a 71-year-old woman at the gym has been sentenced to a month’s graffiti removal in LA.

Dani Mathers, 29, sparked outrage last year after posting a photo of the elderly woman in the shower area with the caption: “If I can’t unsee this then you can’t either.”

She was swiftly banned from the LA Fitness health club. The well-known gym chain called Dani’s behaviour “appalling”, adding that her ban wasn’t “just [a] rule [but] common decency.”

Dani did attempt to apologise, saying on Snapchat: “That was absolutely wrong and not what I meant to do. I know that body-shaming is wrong. That is not the type of person I am.”

She claimed she had meant to send the photo privately rather than posting it on her public Snapchat story.

The model, who was named Playboy’s 2015 Playmate of the Year, pleaded not guilty to invasion of privacy in November and was facing a potential six-month prison sentence as well as a $1000 fine.

However, Dani was today sentenced to 30 days of graffiti removal and ordered to pay $60 to the victim.

“The message today is clear: body-shaming is not tolerated in the city of Los Angeles,” Los Angeles City Attorney Mike Feuer said.

“The issues that surround body-shaming can be devastating. Not only to daughters and mothers, but also to sons and fathers, members of the LGBTQ community, to a trans kid who might be struggling with identity, to people who are disabled.

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