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A lawsuit representing the alleged victims of police strip searches at music festivals has officially been filed against the New South Wales Police.

Hundreds of kids have had to work off their COVID-related fines, after ongoing criticism of the penalties being issued by NSW Police in the first place.

Hundreds of musical festival patrons have joined a landmark class action against NSW police.

Police have slapped NSW children with nearly 4000 fines for breaching COVID-19 rules during the pandemic, hundreds of which are being “worked off” through community work or mentoring and counselling programs.

More than 3800 children in New South Wales have been fined by police for breaking Covid-19 rules as hundreds pay off fines through unpaid community work.

Marginalised and disadvantaged groups bore the brunt of the state’s lockdown fines, according to community legal centres.

10 News First: Breakfast speaks to Redfern Legal Centre Senior Solicitor Samantha about a landmark strip search class action against NSW police.

Music festival-goers who claim they were illegally strip searched by NSW police are suing the state government for damages, with the then 27-year-old lead plaintiff claiming an officer inspected her genitalia and that a male police officer entered the cubicle while she was naked from the waist down.

Redfern Legal Centre and law firm Slater and Gordon filed a statement of claim for the class action in the NSW Supreme Court on Friday, on behalf of several hundred people seeking damages from the state.

Plaintiffs allege children ordered to strip and squat and women told to remove tampons at festivals including Splendour in the Grass