Jessie Lunderby (PHOTOS): Where Is the Playboy Jailer Now?
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (CBS) Jessie Lunderby caused a stir back in July when she was suspended and eventually fired from her job as an Arkansas prison guard for posing nude for Playboy.
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The 21-year-old detention officer said she told her supervisor weeks ahead of time before posing nude for Playboy's Cybergirl of the Week.
"They knew about it, I informed them about it," Lunderby told CBS affiliate KFSM. "They had plenty of time to say no...They never said no."
In her termination letter, Washington County Sheriff Tim Helder writes that Lunderby's "nude modeling hobby" spilled over into the work place and became a "distraction."
"Needless to say, your hobby was no longer a private pursuit; nor is it any longer a mere hobby," Helder writes. He went on to cite the over 2 million hits Lunderby's photos and story has received on the internet. "Due to your choice to present yourself as a county detention officer from Fayetteville, Arkansas, we have been confronted with resulting workplace issues."
Helder also expressed concern over Lunderby's safety because the jailer position required her to work in close proximity with male and female inmates. "You are now a celebrity, of sorts. Your chosen manner of expressing yourself is such that it creates concerns for your safety and consequently, the safety of others."
And where is the so-called "sexy jailer" now? She's serving wings at an Arkansas Hooters restaurant.
"I'm working at Hooters and I love it," Lunderby told AOL News in a phone interview. "Everything is going well."
Lunderby's former agent Gina Rodriguez of DD Entertainment told AOL that she is no longer representing the playboy jailer.
"We really couldn't do much for her, so we moved on," Rodriguez told AOL News.
Lunderby has new publicist at GC Marketing and has reportedly continued to work with Playboy.