VANCOUVER, Wash. (AP) — A district court jury in Vancouver was unable to decide Thursday whether a nude bicycle rider was guilty of indecent exposure.
The Columbian reports the city attorney’s office is deciding whether to re-try the case against 43-year-old Matthew J. Vilhauer. Police say he had been drinking and biking with friends in June of last year and shed his clothes while riding on Main Street.
Vilhauer says nude biking is fun and draws attention to the vulnerability bicyclists feel sharing the road with cars.
His lawyer, Luka Vitasovic, told jurors that nudity is not indecent exposure unless it’s intended as an affront.
