'Horrifying': Delta worker uploads explicit video on a child's iPad, lost on a flight; parents sue airline
A South Carolina couple has sued Delta Airlines after they found an explicit video on their iCloud account after their child lost an iPad on a flight. "This experience has been horrifying and something we never could have anticipated," Brooke Brewer, who filed the lawsuit with her husband, Tory Brewer, said in a statement to Newsweek.
The airline said the worker was not a Delta employee but worked for a vendor company.
Delta Air Lines has zero tolerance for unlawful behavior of any kind, a spokesperson said.
According to the complaint, Brooke and Tory Brewer flew with their two children on a Delta flight from Charleston to New York City on July 19, 2023, before connecting to a flight to London. Upon reaching London, they realized that they left an iPad on the flight to New York.
Brooke Brewer began receiving text messages about the missing device, so she used Apple's "Find My" app to trace it to the New York City borough of Queens, the complaint said. Soon after, selfies appeared on the family's iCloud. The individual who featured in those selfies was wearing a Delta uniform. Then, on August 27, pornographic videos of the same individual began appearing in family's iCloud account.
"In the videos, the Defendant Delta's employee is masturbating while in his Delta uniform and wearing his Delta name badge," the complaint said.
The individual is not named in the complaint. Another pornographic video of the same individual appeared on the family's iCloud a month later.
"This experience has been horrifying and something we never could have anticipated. In the rush of de-boarding, our child simply left their device on the plane. We're sharing our story in hope we can help prevent this from happening to others. If speaking out can spare just one family from having to endure something like this, we would be grateful," the mother said.
The family is seeking compensation for the "mental and emotional pain and suffering they endured and continue to endure," according to the complaint.
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