Gagnon v. State

Phipps, Judge.

On the morning of August 7, 1997, Phillip Gagnon entered For Your Eyes Only, a Columbus lingerie modeling establishment. Only one female employee was working at the time, although a male security guard was on the premises. She gave Gagnon the “lingerie shop pitch”: the models dance close to the customer, the models work solely for tips, and the erotic level of the session depends on the amount of the tips. Gagnon asked whether sex was involved, and she indicated, as instructed, so not to lose the customer, only that the better the tips, the more erotic the session. Gagnon left…