'That bikini is mine'
2006-06-15 10:30
Wellington - A New Zealand woman who dashed onto a rugby field wearing a skimpy bikini wants to auction the garment online to help pay a fine, but the truck driver who claims he bought the outfit for her wants the sale halted.
If the sale can't be stopped, the man says, the proceeds should rightly be his.
The Waikato Times newspaper identified the man as a 32-year-old truck driver who used to be the woman's boyfriend, but said that he did not want to be named.
He claimed to have bought the bikini and paid for breast enlargements for Lisa Lewis, who ran onto the pitch during Saturday's international match between New Zealand and Ireland before being escorted away by security guards.
"Counting the boobs and the bikini," Lewis was baring more than NZ$15 000 worth of presents he had given her, the man told the newspaper.
Lewis said she had been friends with the man but added, "he does not own me."
She put the swimsuit up for auction on the Trade Me website, and said proceeds would go toward paying the fine and court costs she faces after being charged with disorderly behaviour.
Bidding had reached $3 520 by mid-afternoon on Thursday.
"Help me pay my court costs," said Lewis, who said she had fielded three marriage proposals since her escapade.
The "streak" across the rugby ground was one of "the things to do" before she died, Lewis told the newspaper.
A recent auction on the site saw a $50 handbag used by former All Blacks captain Tana Umaga hit a teammate in a bar fracas fetch $23 000.
- AP