'The beauty of New York City is a naked girl can win a nice suit': Painted nude model arrested in Times Square last year wins $15,000 settlement

Arrested last August in Times Square for public nudity

Was released without charge

Now claiming handsome $15,000 settlement from the city

A nude model arrested last year in Times Square won a handsome settlement from city officials.

Zoe West, 22, was taken into custody last August after stripping down to naught but body paint, handcuffs, and a wry smile.

The model had been carefully painted by famed local body painter Andy Golub in a stunt that drew onlookers ranging from shocked tourists to bemused office workers .



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Winning suit: Zoe West, pictured last August, will be awarded a $15,000 settlement after she was arrested last year in Times Square for being nude for a painting exhibition

Arrested development: Ms West, pictured left with artist Andy Golub, was arrested in Times Square last year for public nudity, but was not charged



Her attorney, Ron Kuby, told th e New York Post : ‘The b eauty of New York City is a naked girl can win a nice suit.’

Mr Kuby said that Ms West plans to settle her case against the city today, to the tune of $15,000.

Ms West told the Post that she holds no ill-will to New York’s finest, saying the false arrest ‘put me on the map in a positive way.’

The model, who is on Model Mayhem, a social networking site for models and artists, wrote that she is only interested in ‘tasteful, artfully done nude work.’

Likewise, Mr Golub deemed her settlement as a ‘fair’ according to the Post.

But not everyone had enjoyed the spectacle.

Sweet painted lady: Ms West, pictured left with Mr Golub and a dress, and right, wearing nothing but shoes, paint, and a G-string



Work of art: The model had been carefully painted by famed local body painter Andy Golub, right

On the evening of the body painting last year, several NYPD officers showed up and took the woman into custody, binding her with handcuffs and hauling her off in a police van.

Ms West said there was nothing against the law about her modelling.

She told the New York Post last year: 'I don't believe there is truly anything wrong with what I did and with what he was doing.'

Ms West, whose ModelMayhem.com profile promises she would do 'NO EROTIC NUDE WORK EVER,' said the charges were later dropped.

Dropping trou: The 22-year-old model attracted a lot of attention in Times Square for her stunt last August

Mr Golub is no stranger to gawkers in Times Square either, as he’s been there to perform his art several times over the last few years.

He was charged with public lewdness in a similar stunt last month with two other models.

The 45-year-old told the Post that Miss West was aware of the risks and posed for him anyway.

He said: 'I explained all this to my model, so she was completely aware.'