Florida Woman's Sex Toy Lawsuit Against Delta Goes To Appeals

[matcom]

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ATLANTA -- Renee Koutsouradis of Tarpon Springs, Fla., was on a Delta Air Lines jet awaiting takeoff from Dallas when her name was called over the loudspeaker and she was pulled from the plane.

Something was buzzing in her luggage.

When taken to the taxiway, she told a Delta security agent that the buzzing was likely coming from a sex toy she and her husband had just bought during their trip to Las Vegas.

Koutsouradis, 38, says she was then ordered to remove the toy, hold it up and remove its batteries, all in full view of some other passengers on her flight. She claims a baggage handler then licked his lips and made sexually inappropriate comments as other Delta employees laughed.

The 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals will hear arguments Friday in the appeal of a Florida federal judge's dismissal of a lawsuit Koutsouradis filed against Delta over the February 2002 incident.

Koutsouradi argues that the Atlanta-based airline's employees publicly humiliated her as she waited for her flight from Dallas to Tampa, Fla.

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[eleonora]

1. Moral of the story: remember to TAKE OUT batteries.

LOL

[SarahB]

2. First rule.

When traveling to or from Vegas with sex toys, take the batteries out first. :scared:

[sam sarrha]

5. I believe that is specifically stated on the airlines instructions for

packing articles.... but humiliating customers isn't in the employees job description. a security guard should have contained the incident. the employees violated protocol and possibly endangered other customers.. what if it was a suicide bomber..??

They need to pay or things will never change and the result will be that lots of people will die somewhere down the line because of this attitude if it isnt changed, give them a Big reason to change it.. ot it wont happen.

[SarahB]

6. Oh, I don't disagree.

They should have done that discreetly. Someone's personal business is just that- their personal business. :thumbsup:

[kick-ass-bob]

3. Hell - my, um, mustache trimmer went off in my bag

before it got checked - I'm lernt now!!

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

4. Tampon Springs, Fla.? (nt)

[AlienGirl]

7. "In the event of a dildo, we do not imply ownership of the dildo..."