New York City police 'force' shirt on topless woman, court hears She was minding her own business ... Ms Krigsman's lawyer. A photo published on Ms Krigsman's Facebook page. BUSTY brunette Jessica Krigsman says cops trampled on her god-given - and state-law affirmed - right to flaunt what Mother Nature gave her when they arrested her for going topless in a Brooklyn park, and forced her to cover up. Ms Krigsman, 24, of Gravesend, filed suit Tuesday against the NYPD and the two officers who arrested her in July 2012. Ms Krigsman had taken off her shirt and was relaxing on a bench in Calvert Vaux Park when the cops walked over and told her to cover up, according to her Brooklyn Supreme Court lawsuit. "She was minding her own business sunbathing, and they approached her aggressively," said Ms Krigsman's lawyer, Stuart Jacobs. They asked for ID and told her to put on her shirt. The Brooklyn-raised Ms Krigsman, whose Facebook page is filled with sultry cleavage-baring photos, politely cited a 1992 state Court of Appeals case that ruled a woman can be topless anywhere a man is allowed to take off his shirt, but one of the cops told her to "stop mouthing off" and threatened her with arrest, court papers say. "The female cop picked up Jessica's shirt and forced it onto her," said Mr Jacobs. She didn't resist in any way or fight in any way. They arrested her and cuffed her, and took her to the precinct. Ms Krigsman was arrested and held for five hours. She was eventually charged with "obstruction of a sitting area," but that charge was dropped three months later, according to the suit. In February, the NYPD told cops not to collar women for being topless. The memo from the chief of the department tells cops to "not issue summonses or take law-enforcement action" against anybody naked from the waist up. The memo was revealed in a federal lawsuit filed by Holly Van Voast, a performance artist whose act includes going topless in public and who is suing the city over her own arrests. Ms Krigsman's suit seeks unspecified damages. Ms Van Voast claimed she's been arrested or tossed into mental wards after doffing her shirt on 10 occasions since 2011. "NYC police officers need to be instructed on the proper handling of topless women," said attorney Ron Kuby, who represented Ms Van Voast. A woman has the right to be topless anywhere in the state of New York, anywhere a man can be topless . . . And frankly, forcibly putting a piece of clothing on her constitutes assault. Among the revealing photos Ms Krigsman posted of herself on her Facebook page is one of her wearing only colourful body paint. "Was this in my loft in Midtown?" a male friend commented. "No u wish," Ms Krigsman shot back. On another pic, of Ms Krigsman in a bra and long dress, one friend wrote, "I see nipple!" "Damn it lol," Ms Krigsman responded. The city Law Department said it would review the lawsuit.