KITCHENER — The Cambridge man who became instantly famous by protesting in skimpy underwear while smoking a bong in front of the Kitchener courthouse dressed down even further on Wednesday and was arrested.

Jeffrey Shaver, 31, was charged by Waterloo Regional Police with public nudity.

Police spokesperson Cherri Greeno said police received a call from the Crown attorney's office at about 10:30 a.m. about a man wearing a thong with his "buttocks exposed" outside the courthouse.

Shaver says he has a medical marijuana card and claims police wrongfully arrested him for pot possession last October. He says they seized his bong and a small amount of marijuana and he wants them back.

He had previously protested while wearing Speedo-style underwear.

Shaver said via Messenger on Wednesday that the thong outfit was the same thing he wore on Monday when he was allowed into the courthouse.

He gained fame late last month when The Record reported on and photographed his courthouse protest. The story was picked up by vice.com and The Canadian Press and was even translated on an Indonesian website.

On Tuesday, the Crown "served me a motion for contempt of court and an injunction regarding my level of dress at and around the courthouse," Shaver said.

"This injunction hearing was set for this Friday and not yet in force. Today, I returned to the courthouse for two appointments with a justice of the peace. I was arrested in the smoking area wearing the same attire I wore in the courthouse property before.

"The Crown decided to have the police arrest me for nudity in a public place."