This just in!  The Naughty Bride knew you couldn't really enjoy your Thanksgiving turkey without knowing what was up with that British couple in Dubai, so we interrupt our own mad rush to bring you the latest and allow you to breathe easy, secure in the knowledge that once again, the Forces of Reason have made an appearance on our little rock.  According to the Telegraph, the naughty couple who were caught smooching on the beach and arrested on suspicion of public sex in Dubai over the July 4th holiday, then convicted in October, has been released and deported on appeal by emirate authorities. The pair, Vince Acors and Michelle Palmer, had been sentenced to three months in jail but throughout they have maintained their innocence because they did not have "full" sexual relations.  They insist that they were just "kissing and cuddling."  All very nice, all very naughty... except of course they did it in Dubai, and it was in the interest of the local definitions of Naughtiness that The Naughty Bride picked up the story last month.  That, and she loves a good story about necking.  

This case is full of great gossip and prurient interest to the Naughty-Minded, so even though this follow-through has nothing to do with marriage, we here at Naughty Bride HQ will suffer through (that is, gleefully indulge in) parsing the news article and doing your Googling for you.  After all, defining Naughty is just part of the service.  (Though we must wonder aloud whether it wouldn't be a better story if the couple in question WERE married?  Wouldn't their arrest be a badge of courage?) 

Back to reality.  Personally, The Naughty Bride wondered how on earth "DNA evidence" had been introduced into the case if the canoodling in question were not "full."  And then of course we remembered that right here in our own hemisphere, President Clinton once got into a fix over "DNA evidence."  We wondered if there might be some similarity to the behaviors in question, but given the locale and the setting, not to mention the testimony of the couple in question, The Naughty Bride and staff have come to the conclusion that it was probably not a Presidential Situation.  The working idea at the Naughty Offices is that whatever "evidence" there might have been of the "crime," could possibly have been gleaned from Mr. Acors clothing or possessions, exclusively.  It's just an educated guess, but really, Acors and Phillips do not appear to be totally dim. Drunk, yes, disorderly, yes... but not in a Presidential way, where the 24-7 surveillance of one's every move would drive nearly anybody 'round the bend.  

Potential confirmation of a fully-clothed scenario is provided by the defense attorney Hassan Matter's assesment of the appeals judge, "The judge gave us a good hearing because he has a good heart and a good brain. He understood everything."  This makes The Naughty Bride believe that the appeal might have gone something like something like, "He was drunk, she's a beautiful girl, they started smooching... these things happen, you know?" Furthermore, an Agence France-Presse story posted on WAToday.com states that there was no "medical" evidence that Ms. Phillips had engaged in sex, but the examination of Mr. Acors was "inconclusive."  So there you have it. 

So our Bridesmaid of the Day is one Michelle Palmer, a freedom fighter on the bleeding edge of the culture clash, one who is paying for her open enjoyment of a man with infamy.  All we can say is "Work it, Girlfriend."  So you've been fired from your publishing job, so you've had your name dragged through the mud?  Hold you head high and do what any starlet in Hollywood would: make it PR for your next project. Three smooches.