Streaker puts bikini on auction
2006-06-12 08:47
Wellington - A woman who invaded the
field in the final seconds of Saturday's Test between New
Zealand and Ireland in Hamilton wearing just a bikini has put
the two-piece suit up for sale on an online auction website to
help pay for her court costs.
Lisa Lewis, 25, ran onto the field at Waikato stadium about
30 seconds before referee Stuart Dickinson blew the whistle to
signal the end of the game, won by the All Blacks 34-23.
Lewis was grabbed by security guards and arrested by police
and later charged with disorderly behaviour.
"As a result my bikini is up for sale to assist in paying
for my court fines and costs. Come on people help me out,"
Lewis wrote on the Trade Me website (www.trademe.co.nz).
Lewis's decision to sell the bikini follows that of
Christchurch woman Nichole Davis, who auctioned her handbag
after it was used by former All Blacks captain Tana Umaga to
subdue teammate Chris Masoe in a bar after the Super 14 final
last month.
Masoe had struck another patron in the face and Umaga
stepped in to break up the scuffle, resulting in him using the
handbag to hit the fellow All Black in the head to calm him
down. The handbag sold for just under NZ$23 000.
Lewis wrote on the website she had decided to run on to the
field because it was on a list she of tasks she had made to
achieve before she died.
However, she did not recommend it to anyone else.
"Even though this was a lifetime goal of mine to streak on
a rugby field, and obviously fulfilled that dream, I do not
recommend running on a rugby field in the middle of a game
again - as the consequences are severe," she wrote.
Messages on the website have been mixed with some critics
claiming Lewis was not technically a streaker given she had
been wearing the bikini.
By 6am GMT on Monday, the auction had attracted 10 bids
with a top price of NZ$615.
- Reuters