Note : All characters portrayed in this story are over 18 years of age.
This story takes place in the near future in a world where sex-related disputes, such as adultery, incest, voyeurism, exhibitionism, and other sexual misconducts that don't involve other physical violence are judged in a special court. The defendant and the plaintiff, each represented by a specialized attorney, confront each other trying to prove or invalidate the accusations. The process normally involves sexual activity in front of the audience in order to obtain pieces of evidence, thus the special nature of this court. Also, the penalties, if any, are always sex-related, and don't include fines or confinement. Finally, the hearings are recorded on camera, and broadcast live on television and on two giant monitors in the court, to allow the people present to see everything in detail. These hearings, due to their heavy sexual content and voyeur tendencies, draw massive audiences, and equally massive controversy. Because of all this, people who are brought to trial here often see their lives changed forever.
Now, the story of Audrey Saunders.
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Audrey was way past the point where she wondered why this was happening to her. All she could think of now was what kind of ordeal she was going to have to go through. Though the trials were broadcast live on television, she had never watched one, thinking it lacked decency. So she didn't really know what to be expecting. Her attorney had told her she would probably be put through humiliating situations to prove her innocence, but she didn't know how far it was going to go. Audrey was a 26 years old teacher who taught french at South Lake, and was standing in court accused of having had illicit sexual relations with one of her students. This student, Bud Chadwick, was standing as the plaintiff, claiming she had threatened to give him bad grades if he didn't respond positively to her attempts at seducing him. In reality, his bad grades were fully deserved, and the whole accusation was a perverse game of his, with the objective of abusing his attractive teacher, and humiliating her. This wasn't very rare in these trials, but few knew about it because usually no one besides the defendant cared to look into the matter and expose the fallacy of the accusations.
She was sitting next to her attorney, on the left half of the hemisphere that formed the courtroom. On her right were Chadwick and his attorney. Behind and around them, there was an audience of approximately 200 people. Facing everyone, two meters higher, there was Judge McKinley. Below him, two strong men were standing still, facing the audience. In the middle of the room, between the judge's desk and the attorneys and their clients, was an empty space of roughly ten meters. There were two giant monitors in the room. One was on the wall behind the judge, facing the audience, and the other one was behind the audience, facing the judge and the two men. Right now, the camera was filming the judge as he bent to his microphone.
"How will the prosecution prove that miss Saunders had sexual relations with mister Chadwick?"
Bud's attorney stood up to answer :
"We will provide information regarding miss Saunders' intimacy, that my client could only have had by seeing her naked and engaged in sexual activity."
Judge McKinley nodded and invited Bud to stand as a witness.
"Please stand up, mister Chadwick, the court will now hear your testimony. What information du you have for us?"
"First of all, your honor, I can tell you her pussy... I mean, her sex, is shaven."
Hearing this made Audrey jump. "How the hell does he know that?" she thought. "Is he just guessing? He seems pretty sure..." The judge turned to her.
"We will now verify this information. Miss Saunders, please stand up and move to the center of the room."
Her heart missed a beat as she realized what was going to happen. Audrey always displayed dignity, and was used to dressing in a rather strict manner at school. Everyone found her attractive, but her general behavior and the way she dressed were always modest, self-respecting and never provocative. She also wasn't one to sleep with any man, and few were the men who had ever seen her naked. The thought that everyone in the room and all the TV viewers would soon see her without clothes was terrifying. She quickly realized that her colleagues and friends were following the trial from home, as well as her family. She briefly thought about her younger brother who had always tried to catch glimpses of her naked when she got out of the shower or changed her clothes at her parent's house. Up to now she had escaped his prying eyes. Then she thought about all her students. Knowing how they were, and how attractive they found her, she had little doubt that all of them were home with their eyes glued to the screen right now. She blushed at the thought of all her students seeing her naked. It was only now that she was confronted with humiliation that she realized how many people were watching the hearing. She tried to find a way to avoid what was coming. She swallowed her pride, then stood up and said to the judge :
"Your honor, there is no need to verify this information. I confess that my sex is shaven."
"Miss Saunders, we are here to verify affirmations with facts, not the other way round. Now, please move to the center of the room."
Resigned, Audrey did as she was told. As she arrived at the designated place, one of the two men made a small gesture to tell her to turn and face the audience. She saw the judge's face on the giant monitor, and his words clattered like a death sentence :
"Now, miss Saunders, please remove all your clothes."
The picture on the screen now displayed her own face, and it was clearly visible how frightened and embarrassed she was. People who knew her had never seen her like that. She was always proud and confident, without being haughty. At school, she was seen as a figure of authority. And now she felt so small and vulnerable. Everyone in the room was staring at her. She imagined how many more people were looking at her through the camera. Bud had a vicious look in his eyes that had little consistency with his accusations ; he was clearly not a victim here. But, as he knew, no one was looking at him right now. Seeing that she was not moving, the judge called to the two men who were standing below him, on both sides of his high desk :
"Since miss Saunders isn't cooperative, gentlemen, please help her remove her clothes."
The two men approached her from both sides. Within seconds the first one was unzipping her grey skirt, while the other unmade the buttons of her white blouse. Audrey didn't resist, partly because she couldn't stop them if she wanted to, and partly because she was too petrified to move at all. One of the men was now pulling down her skirt, and the second one removing her blouse. They weren't brutal but moved with confidence, without eagerness. They had obviously done that many times before. The crowd watched, enthralled, as her clothes were swiftly pulled from her. Audrey passively lifted one foot after the other to help remove her skirt, and was now standing in her underwear. She blushed and twitched as she felt the cold fingers of the men on her back and her hips. One was unclasping her bra while the other slid his indexes on the sides of her panties.