Kanye West and his wife are reportedly being investigated by police over the “obscenities” that took place during their recent boat ride in Venice, Italy.
Photos and videos surfaced late last month of Kanye baring his butt cheeks, with his wife Bianca Censori spotted with her head in his lap in a sexually-suggestive position.
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Now, according to the Daily Mail, Venice police are looking to take action following the couple’s apparent intimate moment in public.
The driver of the boat has been identified and is expected to be questioned about what he saw, while police are also asking photographers to hand over the images that were taken.
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A Venice police source told the outlet: “There are standards of public decorum that have to be followed by tourists and locals alike and any breaches are severely punished. The images of West with his trousers down while in a taxi as he and his partner crossed the lagoon were seen all over the globe.
“You could clearly see his trousers were half down and we have received complaints from people who witnessed it. Now we have identified the driver of the boat and we will be asking him what he saw as well.”
The source continued: “The images show the couple clearly in a state of intimacy and if the local prosecutor decides to press charges then we will notify the couple, most probably through the relevant Embassies. The offense being investigated acts contrary to public decency which is punishable by an administrative sanction.”
A spokesperson for the boat company, Venezia Turismo Motoscafi — which recently banned West and Censori for life — said they were “completely unaware” of the incident and that Kanye West and his wife would have been kicked off if the driver had noticed.
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“The driver had to keep a lookout for traffic and did not see these obscenities,” they said. “If this had happened, he would have immediately disembarked and reported the transgressors to those in authority.”
Elisabetta Pesce, councilor for public security in Venice, stated: “Without any shadow of doubt what we saw from the couple was a lack of respect for Venice, which is the most enchanting city in the world.”
A source close to the city’s mayor, Luigi Brugnaro, added: “By chance the monthly meeting on public security is imminent and this sort of behaviour will be discussed.
“Venice is famous for being one of the most beautiful cities in the world and we expect tourists to maintain a respectable level of decency when visiting.
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“These public acts of spectacle are not what we or the millions of tourists who come here each year wish to see and we take a very dim view of it.
“We can only hope that the prosecutor imposes a fine and then the couple will think long and hard about their behaviour if they return to Venice in the future.”
