Law Firm Puts Senior Lawyer on Leave After 12 Million-View Central Park Video
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Updated · The New York Times · Aug 21
Law Firm Puts Senior Lawyer on Leave After 12 Million-View Central Park Video
3 articles · Updated · The New York Times · Aug 21
Summary
A law firm put an older male lawyer on leave after a TikTok video of him kissing a younger colleague in Central Park drew more than 12 million views.
Jay Guapo, a creator with 3.6 million followers, filmed the pair in broad daylight, kept recording over their objections and posted the clip, which quickly went viral.
The episode has since spread beyond social media, with the New York Post pursuing the story and branding the pair the “canoodling lawyers.”
The fallout has also revived a wider debate over smartphone surveillance and whether filming strangers in public for mass online exposure amounts to accountability or public shaming.