Man locks himself into a metal chastity belt and loses key

Firefighters had to cut a man out of a titanium chastity belt intended for sex games last week. Crews from Kingston fire station were called to the red-faced man's home in Ham at about 11pm on June 27 after he had spent all day trying to free himself from the device.

It took about 45 minutes for firefighters to release the man, believed to be in his 40s, from the structure. By this time he had slipped in and out of consciousness due to the pressure of the chastity belt on his genitals.

Crew manager Brennan Healey, from the fire station, said the man, of average build, had put the two-piece device on in the morning but then realised he did not have a key to open it.



His girlfriend was out of the house when he put it on but returned to find him trapped in the belt and realised she did not have the key either.

"He was very embarrassed about the situation. He was very apologetic and seemed to be wishing he wasn't there ," said Mr Healey. "He seemed like a nice guy who found himself in a predicament he didn't want to be in."

Three machines were needed to cut through the titanium. "The man had lots of swelling in his genital area," said Mr Healey. "It took a long time to release him because he was in a lot of pain, and we needed to give him oxygen."