Judge dismisses 'whodunit' suit over sex toy

[TexasTowelie]

Declaring on Thursday that a case presented to a jury this week remains a "whodunit," a Houston federal judge granted a directed verdict requested by a United Airlines lawyer and ended a sex toy humiliation case without closing arguments or jury deliberation.

Christopher Bridgeman and his husband, Martin Borger, sued the air carrier for invasion of privacy and intentional infliction of emotional distress after claiming that Borger's black duffel bag emerged on a Norfolk International Airport carousel with a purple sex toy protruding and fouled by fecal matter.

After a trip to Costa Rica in May 2011, the couple returned to the United States on a Continental flight through Houston's Bush Intercontinental Airport, cleared customs and rechecked their bags for the domestic trip home to Norfolk, Va. (Since then, Continental has fully merged with its parent, United.)

Testimony began Tuesday morning and ended Thursday afternoon when the plaintiffs' lead lawyer, Dax Faubus, rested his case.

Read more: http://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/houston/article/Judge-dismisses-whodunit-federal-suit-6265001.php

[font color=green]I'm waiting to hear from the lawyers on DU...[/font]

[NYC_SKP]

1. It was taped to the outside of the case?

That's no way to treat a quality dildo.

Tape will ruin the finish.

[jakeXT]

2. I wonder if the airport could be charged with promoting obscene devices

In 1973, the Texas Legislature passed Section 43.21 of the Texas Penal Code which, in part, prohibited the sale or promotion of ""Obscene device[s]"
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas_obscenity_statute