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The misdemeanor charge is a cross-complaint in response to an earlier charge filed on October 18 by the artist, Hans Evers, who accused Walsh of malicious destruction of personal property.
The legal brouhaha began on October 5 when Walsh removed three items from "Identidem," Evers' solo art show at Gallery 57--a public art space in the City Hall Annex on Inman Street.
The battle has pitted the local art community's defense of Evers' freedom of speech and artistic integrity, against the charges of city employees and councillors, who say the exhibition is simply pornography and possibly sexual harassment.
Two days after the Evers' October 3 opening, Walsh removed two dildos and a phallic image imprinted on a wooden box from the show, according to his attorney, James J. Rafferty.
"It wasn't art, it was pure obscenity," Walsh said yesterday, defending his actions. "These objects were purchased by [Evers]. They were not sculpted or crafted by him."