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 Kanye West’s wife Bianca Censori will reportedly not face legal action for her nude look that shocked the Grammys.

The controversial rapper, 47, and the Australian model, 30, arrived on the red carpet together at the Crypto.com arena dressed in all black.

However, Censori later dropped her black feather coat in front of photographers to reveal a sheer mini-dress.

According to TMZ, LAPD sources confirmed that there will be no legal fallout from the stunt as the Grammy Awards is a private event and no one from the show contacted police to make a complaint.

In a statement to Page Six, LA-based lawyer Andrea Oguntula further clarified the legal position: “While Ms. Censori’s outfit undoubtedly pushed the envelope, a charge of indecent exposure in California requires willful public exposure of one’s genitals with the specific intent to offend or sexually arouse.

However, Censori’s outfit may have been in violation of broadcast dress codes. In 2013, Deadline reported that exposed “breasts, buttocks [and] genitals” are banned at the Grammys, per a "Standard and Practice Wardrobe Advisory” instated by television network CBS. The document states that “buttocks and female breasts” must be "adequately covered” in order to be broadcast.

The Federal Communications Commission, which governs rules around US television broadcasts, states in their own advisory that obscene content is not protected by the First Amendment and is “prohibited on cable, satellite and broadcast TV and radio." Those rules prevented CBS and other networks hosting Grammys red carpet shows from airing the stunt.

While some early reports claimed that West and Censori had been “escorted out” of the Grammys, it later emerged that the couple had simply left the event after walking the red carpet.

 Renowned photographer Kate Simon has reflected on some of her memories working with Bob Marley, on what would have marked his 80th birthday.

Simon enjoyed a close friendship with the reggae icon, and shot the famous picture used as the artwork for his 1978 album with The Wailers, Kaya.

Speaking to The Independent, Simon recalled spending weeks at a time on the road with the “Buffalo Soldier” star, who died from cancer in 1981, aged 36.

I remember everything about working with Bob,” she said. “But I would say my strongest memories are being with him riding his bike and when he was playing soccer, or visiting him at his house on Oakley street in London.”

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Marley was “the best performer” she had ever seen, she said: “He was just unbelievable. So my memories are split between those normal moments and then him as the big rock star.”

Her favourite memory, though, was visiting Marley at his home at 56 Hope Road in Kingston, Jamaica, shortly after he performed his One Love Peace concert and joined hands with political rivals Michael Manley and Edward Seaga, at a time of great unrest.

“I went to see him the day after,” Simon said, “and being with him and taking his photograph then, I saw how rewarded he felt – he felt so good that he had managed to make that happen.

“That's my best memory of Bob because he had this Coptic cross around his neck, and he picked it up so it was focused on the camera. He really felt that there was a Jah-inspired victory for him – he had brought these two warring parties together.

“It was really incredible. I was at that concert, and so the day after, to see him feel like he had really achieved that was a great memory.”