Female stripper on bucks party rape charge

A FEMALE stripper is facing a rape charge over an alleged incident at a bucks' party.

Linda Maree Naggs, 39, is accused of sexually penetrating a man at the party on the Mornington Peninsula last year.

Her lawyer James Dowsley sought a suppression order in the Melbourne Magistrates' Court last week banning publication of details of the case.

He argued that publishing information about the matter would prejudice the case and cause undue distress or embarrassment because of the unusual circumstances.

He said Ms Naggs was part of the entertainment at the bucks' night.

It is believed she was a stripper at the time.

Prosecutor Mara Sucic supported the suppression order application. She said the complainant was embarrassed and traumatised.

But magistrate Belinda Wallington refused to make the order.

Ms Naggs, of Rosebud West, will face a preliminary hearing of the charge in the Melbourne Magistrates' Court next week.