Judge to NJ Transit: Don't Touch the Tush

NJ Transit ordered to keep its hands off bare bottom billboard

The New Jersey judge who wrote the book “Boardwalk Empire” has ordered New Jersey Transit to keep its hands off a billboard that shows a nearly naked showgirl's bottom.

The transit agency owns the land on which the controversial billboard stands next to the Atlantic City Expressway. After hearing many complaints about the highway sign that is promoting a stage show called the Moonshine Follies at Resorts Casino Hotel, NJ Transit asked Resorts to take the bare booty down.

In response, Resorts Casino filed a restraining order to prevent NJ Transit from removing the bead-covered buttocks. Superior Court Judge Nelson Johnson backed up the casino in court Thursday, ordering NJ Transit and its advertising agency not to touch the billboard until a hearing can be held March 10 on what to do about it.

Johnson is the author of the book that led to the hit HBO series about vice-ridden Prohibition-era Atlantic City.

More than 100,000 people drive by the billboard every day and there has been some public outcry, saying that the almost-naked backside is borderline pornography.

Casino owner Dennis Gomes says looking at a semi-naked butt never hurt anyone.
 

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