A King St Tattoo artist has been accused of upskirting a client

Simon Strelein, a tattoo artist at King St Tattoo in Newtown, has been accused of upskirting an 18-year-old woman.

The incident occurred again in October 2019, when a then 18-year-old woman determined to get her first tattoo throughout an evening out on the King St strip. In an unique function revealed by Pedestrian, El, the sufferer of the upskirting delved into the incident that occurred.

El particulars that her and a pal have been on the desk of the studio, trying by flash sheets “deciding on the fonts and the whole lot,” she instructed Pedestrian. El then particulars that an older girl within the retailer went as much as her and warned her “Don’t get the tattoo from right here, that man with the beard was bending and down taking photographs up your skirt.”

The report particulars that when El was in dialogue with the tattooist about her tattoo, one other workers member was “egging the man on to take the picture.”

Over the previous few days, a TikTok video of the incident has been making the rounds on the web. The video occurred exterior the studio, and noticed El demand that Strelein delete the movies. Within the video, El asks Strelein why he was taking upskirting photographs, to which he replied: “it was fairly humorous”.

The video reveals El trying to interrupt Strelein’s cellphone, to no avail — “It didn’t break, Samsung.” She then went on to flag down a passing police automobile. After taking statements and her cellphone as proof, police charged Strelein with deliberately recording an intimate picture with out consent.

Within the following months, Strelein — who was 40-years-old on the time the incident occurred — was sentenced to 200 hours of neighborhood service and 18 months’ supervision by a neighborhood corrections officer. Regardless of the conviction, he continued to work on the King St Tattoo.

Strelein has since been fired from working on the studio. In a prolonged assertion revealed to the studio’s Instagram web page, King St Tattoo issued an apology.

“We acknowledge and respect the considerations which were expressed concerning Simon Strelein’s conduct, and are in a position to announce that he’s not employed at King St Tattoo,” the assertion learn. “We don’t condone his actions in any approach, and we apologise for the misery this has precipitated.

“Regarding the delayed response on our finish, we weren’t totally conscious of the actions made on the evening in query. This has all come to mild over the past 24 hours and we wish to apologise for not taking actions sooner. We sincerely recognize the suggestions we have now been given and ask that respect be given to the opposite artists who weren’t conscious of the state of affairs.”