Sami Khedira Girlfriend Lena Gercke's Nude Photo Leads To Publisher's Arrest In Tunisia

TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) — A court has released the publisher of a Tunisian newspaper accused of violating public morals by publishing a photo of a naked woman, pending a verdict in the case.

The Attounisia daily printed a photograph of German-Tunisian football player Sami Khedira of Real Madrid dressed in a tuxedo with his hands covering the breasts of his otherwise naked German model girlfriend, Lena Gercke.

Publisher Nasreddine Ben Saida was released Thursday while he awaits the verdict in the case, expected March 8.

Though Tunisia is not as conservative as its neighbors, it was unusual for the newspaper to run such a photo.

Since the downfall last year of Tunisia's secular dictator, there has been a newly visible ultraconservative Islamist movement that has clashed with the more aggressively secular elements in society.

The offending photo in question:

Photo from GQ Magazine.

Comments

[Edogg62]

03:48 PM on 02/27/2012

Oh my... wow.

I love the idiocy of decrying sexuality while applauding violence by maintaining a 700 billion dollar defense budget. So sex = bad. Violence = good. OK... got it. I guess...

[mm3264]

10:36 AM on 02/27/2012

Conservatives are condemning this picture as they masturbate.

[mm3264]

10:35 AM on 02/27/2012

Thess types of arrests would be common if the Ayatollah Santorum was crowned.

[I AM THAT]

09:08 AM on 02/27/2012

Nice shot. No big deal.

the naysayers are the biggest cause for concern here.

to them, I say...get out of the house and get a life.

[Lenape105]

09:19 PM on 02/26/2012

I am not at all offended by that photo.

[Phalanxman]

08:04 PM on 02/26/2012

Committing an offense "against public morals." If we get a President Sanctorum, and the GOP "social conservatives" take many more states, these are the kind of laws you will get in the U.S. Although our society has become quite seedy (maybe if the media would practice a bit more restraint we wouldn't have people like Sanctorum running for president, you know what I'm saying?), I really don't want federal morality police. The last one of those was this guy named Anslinger, and look what he did to the country.

[CreepyThinMan]

03:01 PM on 02/26/2012

I can fap to this >:)

[piul05]

11:45 AM on 02/26/2012

When I saw this photo on a magazine stand this week, I immediately liked it.

Very sexy.

Now, can they do a reverse one for a girl's magazine? (i.e. her fully clothed, him - not leaving much to imagination).

[Ian Faus]

08:09 AM on 02/26/2012

I wonder if she's a natural blonde or not.

[Curt F]

07:13 PM on 02/25/2012

I call Foul! HOLDING & ILLEGAL USE OF THE HANDS!!!

[AzGalDreamin]

05:18 PM on 02/25/2012

I find it absolutely sexy! Especially knowing that they are boyfriend/girlfriend. If I had a body as she does, you are damn right I would show it off ... just sayin'

[AzGalDreamin]

05:12 PM on 02/25/2012

Personally I find this photo sexy as all get out! I can only dream of having such a beatiful body.

[AzGalDreamin]

05:35 PM on 02/25/2012

or 'beautiful body' ...

[I AM THAT]

09:01 AM on 02/27/2012

"typo" cops are not needed here.

[Lenape105]

09:20 PM on 02/26/2012

I can only dream of getting my hands on such a beautiful body.

[hellisonfan]

10:30 AM on 02/25/2012

I can't believe I just clicked on an article about a Tunisian soccer player. I guess it was a Pavlovian reaction to the words "nude photo".

[sf girl]

01:39 AM on 02/25/2012

Ridiculous sexist photo. Typical.

[raging cynic]

10:12 PM on 02/24/2012

Good thing they photoshopped that hand over her front side