KEY POINTS

  • The bar manager denied the woman service because she was too intoxicated
  • She then went to the bathroom and walked out naked
  • The incident led to her second arrest in the same week

An intoxicated Florida lawyer allegedly stripped naked in a bar after the manager denied her service.

The woman was arrested for the incident just hours after being released from jail for another unrelated drinking incident.

Cops arrived at the Beach Lounge in St. Pete Beach on Friday to find Kelly Elkins, 49, “unclothed and completely naked,” according to an arrest affidavit. Officers asked her to put her clothes on, but she refused to do so, the affidavit added.

Elkins was previously arrested for eating food and drinking alcohol at a Thai restaurant but not paying for it, according to the New York Post. Online records show that she was released in the early hours of Feb. 17 before going to the Beach Lounge and causing a ruckus just hours later.

The affidavit said Elkins was already “intoxicated to the point the manager refused to serve her.” Elkins then “walked into the restroom and then came back out into the bar unclothed and completely naked,” the affidavit added. It was also noted that customers at the bar witnessed the intoxicated attorney going around nude.

When the manager asked Elkins to “put her clothes on and leave,” she refused to do both. Cops arrived at the scene to find the woman still “naked in the bar” and told her “several times to get dressed,” the complaint added.

“She only put a zip-up hoodie on and did not zip the shirt up. Defendant refused to put her pants on,” the affidavit said. The lawyer, who was described as “uncooperative,” claimed she was “too tired” to slip her pants back on, the complaint added.

Elkins was arrested on Feb. 18 and charged with misdemeanor disorderly conduct and released on her own recognizance, according to online records.

The arrest prior to the one that took place at Beach Lounge came after Elkins paid a visit to Nori Thai in St. Pete Beach on the afternoon of Feb. 16. The arrest affidavit of that case said Elkins “consumed food and various alcoholic beverages.” However, she did not have the money to pay the $38.25 bill.

Elkins has been a member of the Florida Bar for about two decades and is still listed as a member. A spokesperson told the New York Post that the Bar is considering possible disciplinary action against her and “has opened a case file” for the same.

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