Artist guilty of exhibitionism after dancing with cockerel tied to his penis

Agence France-Presse in Paris

Monday 5 May 2014 11.49 BST

South African Steven Cohen danced for 10 minutes near Eiffel tower in Paris before police intervened

A Paris court has found a South African artist guilty of sexual exhibitionism after a performance in Paris in which he danced with a cockerel tied to his penis. But the criminal court imposed no penalty on 51-year-old Steven Cohen, noting that no complaint had been filed against him and that he had not engaged in sexual acts. http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/may/05/artist-guilty-cockerel-tied-to-penis-eiffel-tower —

Steven Cohen

South African artist Steven Cohen performing with a cockerel attached to his penis by a ribbon at Trocadero in Paris on September 10th, before his arrest. Photo: Quentin Evrard http://www.thelocal.fr/20130911/cops-arrest-coq-walking-artist-at-eiffel-tower — He reportedly said the message of his work was “about being pulled in many directions simultaneously. — TimesLIVE

Arrested SA artist will face French court

Sapa | 15 September, 2013

South African performance artist Steven Cohen is due in court in Paris on December 16 on charges of sexual exhibitionism.

This week, Cohen was arrested after dancing in front of the Eiffel Tower with a live rooster attached to his penis. He told the Sunday Times he was jailed for 10 hours, was interrogated and had to give DNA and undergo psychiatric evaluation. Cohen said he would rather go to jail than pay a fine for the work for which he was arrested. http://m.timeslive.co.za/local/?articleId=9943324 — Drag act … French police make their own comment on Cohen’s performance.