Fairhope Woman Seeks $2 Million After Acquittal in Penis Costume Arrest
By Rick McCann
Blue RAM Media/Gulf Coast News
April 30, 2026
FAIRHOPE, Ala. The woman arrested by Fairhope police for wearing a penis costume during a no kings protest is now suing the city for wrongful arrest.
Jenae Renae Gamble was arrested in October on Greeno Road when police said she refused to remove a large, inflatable penis costume.
Gamble was found innocent of all charges earlier this month and now wants the city to pay her $2M for wrongful prosecution according to a four-page statement of claim submitted earlier this month.
Gamble is also seeking payment of her attorney fees by the city, a formal apology and acknowledgement that her arrest was unlawful, additional training for all members of the Fairhope Police Department, and a requirement that all new police hires take and pass a U.S. Citizenship Test.
David Gespass, the attorney representing Gamble, said Alabama law requires anyone intending to file a lawsuit against a municipality to submit a notice of claim within six months, allowing the city time to investigate the merits of the claim.
The notice of claim is a prerequisite to filing a lawsuit, Gespass said. He added that the statement applies only to state causes of action against the city, not to federal constitutional claims, which he said the state cannot regulate. He also noted that a claim against a city official in their official capacity is “still a claim against the city and is covered by the notice of claim prerequisite.”
Gamble’s statement accuses the city of false arrest, false imprisonment, and assault and battery, citing state law establishing municipal liability for neglect, carelessness, or unskillfulness by a city agent “engaged in work for the city and acting in line of his duty.”
Her attorney has maintained that the costume was neither provocative or abusive nor obscene.
Fairhope Mayor Sherry Sullivan declined to comment.
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