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Parents Face Jail Time for Hiring Stripper Mom and Dad Could End Up Doing Time for Birthday Gift to Their 16-Year-Old


June 1, 2005 -- Anette and Landon Pharris didn't think they were doing anything wrong when they hired a stripper to perform at their son's 16th birthday party, but Walgreen's employees thought otherwise when they reported the Pharrises to authorities after developing pictures of the party. Now Pharris, her husband, the exotic dancer and two others are facing possible jail time.

In an interview today with "Good Morning America," Pharris described her decision to hire a stripper for her son and 10 friends under the age of 18, including her 14-year-old son, as responsible parenting.


"It is like an R-rated movie," Pharris said. "That's the way I put it. We as parents can go in and watch an R-rated movie with our children, or buy them tickets."

Things got heated when, after watching the stripper dance for a few hours, Landon Jr. and his friends took up a collection and paid the dancer $150 more to fully disrobe, Anette Pharris said.
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http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/LegalCenter/story?id=808779&page=1

(I watched them this morning and reading through the lines you could tell these parents saw nothing wrong with what they did.)