Five women slammed for viral pole dancing stunt at famous Greek palace

Five women who staged a semi-nude photo shoot on a pole outside a “cultural landscape” at 1:30 a.m.while on holiday in Greece have faced court.British dancers Imogen Gunter-Zak, 30, Sharon Randell, 57, Alisha Haddrell, 32, Katie Clark, 40, and a German woman were allegedly filmed swinging around the white post at Corfu’s Old Palace, a 200-year-old former royal residence and UNESCO World Heritage Site.Footage of the troupe, who were reportedly visiting the Greek Island for a two-week study abroad program with their pole dancing school, showed two members of the group in sexy red lingerie posing for photos as the others cheered them on, The Sun reports.However, the pole dancers were later arrested after the video of the photo shoot went viral, with the women accused of violating archaeological law and degrading the surrounding area, with Corfu’s Ministry of Culture referring to it as an “illegal act”.Two of the five dancers were handed six-month suspended sentences and ordered to pay $226.95 in court fees, according to local outlet ekathimerini.com.The remaining three dancers were acquitted.Outside court, the acquitted dancers apologized, insisting they “meant no disrespect to the monument” and “never intended to cause offence”.But the ordeal has been slammed by Steve Gunter-Zak, the father of the youngest woman involved, who claimed the women were treated like “scrubbers” and locked away with hardened criminals“They had no idea it was wrong to be performing where they were,” he told The Sun.

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“I believe this has been driven by politics.Someone in authority has got it in for them.“But these women are not scrubbers.

They’re not tarts and their dancing is not sexual.It’s performance art.”His...