Joanne Webb won July 19, when the obscenity case against her for selling a sex toy and explaining to the buyer how it's used was dropped.
Johnson County Attorney Bill Moore said in a formal statement that his office asked the judge to toss the case to keep the county from wasting resources on it, according to a published report.
State law lets you sell sex toys as novelties but calls it an obscenity if you show how they might be used as sex aids. Webb's attorney, BeAnn Sisemore, has filed a federal lawsuit against state officials hoping to overturn the obscenity law, saying she thinks that suit plus the public pressure provoked dropping the Webb case.
Webb, a former schoolteacher who works as a Passion Parties representative, could have gone to jail for up to a year if tried and convicted, in a case getting national attention because it launched debates on whether someone should be put behind bars for selling a vibrator or other sex aid to an adult.
Passion Parties sells lotions, toys, novelties and other adult items at home gatherings derived from the famous Tupperware parties. Passion Parties public relations spokeswoman Andrea Weddeburn told AVN.com the company was relieved that the case against Webb was dropped.
"I'm sure it comes as a great relief to Joanne Webb and her family," Weddeburn said. "And we're very happy that the case has been dropped."
