"The only regret I do have is probably having the Barbie doll up on the
dash board. Being topless, maybe that drew some attention."
Those are the words of Robert Martin, a New Jersey man arrested last week for displaying a topless Barbie doll, pornographic magazines and other salacious materials inside his car, which was parked at a rest stop off the Garden State Parkway.
In addition to half-naked children's toys, Martin's car also contained explicit DVD cases, a Bible, a cross and, weirdest of all, a thong on a golden serving platter. You know, the usual stuff you set on the seat of your Honda Civic before heading to work in the morning.
Martin was charged with maintaining a public nuisance and, after police found a pointed shank in the car, possession of a weapon. But the guy, who was released on bail, has an explanation for all of it.
The shank?
He uses that to to pop tapes out of the cassette player.
The porn, naked Barnie and thong on a platter?
He was keeping it in his car because he's in the process of moving to a new apartment. (Um, ok-ayyy....)
"I didn't think that possessing porn inside your car, in the back seat,
was a public display," Martin told NBC10. "It was not on public
display, it was not a public shrine."
To be fair, most people probably wouldn't know that either. Then again, most people probably don't keep porn in their cars. And if for freaky reason they felt like it was necessary to do that -- you know, because of a big move -- they'd keep it in that new-fangled, high-tech thing ... shoot, what do they call that? Oh yeah. THE TRUNK.
My real concern in this whole situation is poor Barbie, who was essentially abused. I sincerely hope someone has arranged for that doll to seek solid therapy from Psychologist Skipper.
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