Appropriate clothes for the workplace? Court no less.

That's the very definition of 'breasting boobily', isn't it? Tsk.

I’m half wondering if this is a deliberate piss take - The Mail have done similar with photo captions on Eddie Izzard paparazzi shots…

The whole article is weirdly reverential. This bit for example:

She also proved she is not to be trifled with during an exchange with a journalist outside following the proceedings.
When challenged that her client had been caught on camera, beaming Mueller quickly became steely.
'She's innocent of course,' Mueller insisted. 'My client has plead not guilty and she is not guilty, how about that?'
It is the kind of seasoned response that could only have come from her two decades' experience working as a representative for underprivileged clients accused of misdemeanors in the small town of Vashon.

That’s not a clever legal response at all. It’s snarky and over-defensive and doesn’t make the obvious legal point that everyone is innocent until proven guilty.

Think of the number of people for whom the scales are falling from their eyes, even as they cover them to avoid seeing him.

There's nothing here that says feminine to me. He's not trying to look attractive or feminine, he's trying to look aggressive, bold, fetishised and confrontational- so as a trial lawyer that works just fine.
He'll be getting a huge power kick from people being forced to accept his appearance as well as a sexual kick.
It's utterly ridiculous that anyone thinks this is him genuinely trying to look like a woman. I agree with PPs the boobs look fake too.
He's a man in drag with strap on boobs who gets to stand up in court and argue his case trying to force his version of events on people - all just a huge attention seeking cosplay drama!

What a ridiculous man.

Could it be any clearer that these men do not want to become women but rather the most sexist, misogynistic, bigoted man's idea of what it is to be a woman? Sexual exhibitionists get off on reducing members of the public to characters in their particular sex fantasy. Now if they make people scared or uncomfortable they can accuse those people of small-mindedness or transphobia.

I was going to have a couple of boiled eggs with my lunch but that photo has put me right off.

It's concerning to think that this man is in a position of power over some extremely vulnerable people. If he's being that overtly sexual in a busy courtroom, I wouldn't want to be behind closed doors with him.

@boiledbeetle
Get on with it!

Are you saying that we don't? Why didn't someone tell me?

Sorry but the idea of your sister punching kids to keep them away because of her delicate heart really made me chuckle. Sorry.

Your right, OP, imagine a 70 year old actual woman showing up to work like that!

The photo looks like something BoiledBeetle would put into an AI photo generator asking “give me the most offensive photo you can of a man pretending to be a woman with enormous prosthetic breasts”.

'Successful' attorney of 20 years crowd funding for a car.

This has honestly made me so fucking furious.

Except of course nobody is implying this man is 'cosplaying'. He is expressing deep, innate feelings about his gender identity.

Agree. It's another Kayla Lemieux.

I never imagined in 2024 I would be aware of the existence of this bullshit.

When my sister was small, she was diagnosed with a heart complaint. A huge fuss was made by my parents about how delicate she was and how she had to be protected from other children. She used to punch other kids and tell them that they weren't allowed to hit her because of her heart. She got away with it too.

This has very similar vibes. (BTW, sister turned out to have a very minor heart defect which healed as she grew and needed no surgery).

The Z cup teacher in Canada has made these men realise that not only can they can openly display their fetish in public but also in professional settings and nobody will be allowed to challenge them. I would imagine that this man's appearance could potentially undermine a case. If I was a member of the jury I would be so distracted by the fact that the lawyer for the prosecution was dressed up as a clown I wouldn't be able to concentrate on the hearing.

I think they’re fake too. No boobs would stay up that high without a bra.

At first I thought "no-one would hire that person to defend them dressed like that" but they're a public defender so the people involved don't necessarily have that choice.

I think the Mail is wrong in describing those as ‘surgically enhanced’ - I believe it’s actually a silicone chest plate with a high neck line (actual skin doesn’t look like silicone).
The choker worn by the public defender hides where the silicone garment ends.

SS of current EBay listings an example.

All us ordinary, everyday women are just jealous of this feminine beauty. If only we could all look so stunning.

Not been to a court in the USA, but I'm the UK I've been reprimanded for not wearing a jacket to cover my dress and blouse even though my shoulders, neck and bust were completely covered in opaque material which also fell below my knees.

It's not a fetish though.

There are several websites for various US women's bodies that represent attorneys, public defenders, lawyers etc. Not a single woman pictured on any of those websites dress/present like this.