Topic: Gay Couple Sues United Airlines After Finding Dirty Sex Toy
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Wed 08/29/12 12:40 PM
Edited by smart2009 on Wed 08/29/12 12:43 PM
A gay couple is suing United Airlines after retrieving their luggage and finding a sex toy which had been taken from one of their bags, coveredin a dirty oily substance, and"taped prominently" to the top of the bag, NBC News reports :
Christopher Bridgeman and Martin Borger of Norfolk, Va., are seeking damages for intentional infliction of emotional distress,invasion of privacy and negligence in a lawsuit filed against the airline on Friday in the District Court of Harris County, Texas.
“It still brings butterflies to my stomach,” Borger, 35,told NBC News when recalling the episode.
United countered that it has conducted a thorough investigation and determined that there is no support for the allegations, spokeswoman Christen David said ina statement.
“United does not tolerate discrimination of anykind,” David said. “We will vigorously defend ourselves andour employees.”
The couple was returning from a vacation to Costa Rica:
“I knew exactly what it was when I saw it,”he told NBC News. “I was absolutely and utterly shocked and embarrassed and humiliated and I didn’t even know what to do at the time.”
Onlookers began laughing when they saw the bag, causing the men severe emotional trauma, according to the lawsuit. Bridgeman speculated an airline employee went through the bag — which was closed with a simple zipper — found the sex toy, saw that it belonged to a man and decidedto humiliate the owner.
“I absolutely, fervently believe thatthis was intentional,”Bridgeman, 34, told NBC News. “It was very sick and it was very wrong and it was just maliciously taped to the top and targeted because we’re gay.”
http://www.towleroad.com/2012/08/gay-couple-sues-united-airlines-after-finding-dirty-sex-toy-taped-to-their-luggage.html


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Wed 08/29/12 04:58 PM
:laughing:

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Wed 08/29/12 05:34 PM
There is just one problem with Bridgeman's claim.
Whoever found the sex toy couldn't have known just by looking at it that it belonged to a homosexual couple.

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Wed 08/29/12 06:42 PM

There is just one problem with Bridgeman's claim.
Whoever found the sex toy couldn't have known just by looking at it that it belonged to a homosexual couple.

what kind of sex toy was it?

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Wed 08/29/12 06:57 PM
the couple were suing because they were hurt and humiliated..i try putting myself in their shoes and i was boiling mad!.nobody should be treated this way,nobody!..im just sorry that the people who hold such decent jobs have a very sick idea of entertainment..why people can be so cruel sometimes, i have absolutely no idea..

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Wed 08/29/12 07:06 PM
I know that some sex toys can create quite a buzz.

Lpdon's photo
Wed 08/29/12 07:12 PM

A gay couple is suing United Airlines after retrieving their luggage and finding a sex toy which had been taken from one of their bags, coveredin a dirty oily substance, and"taped prominently" to the top of the bag, NBC News reports :
Christopher Bridgeman and Martin Borger of Norfolk, Va., are seeking damages for intentional infliction of emotional distress,invasion of privacy and negligence in a lawsuit filed against the airline on Friday in the District Court of Harris County, Texas.
“It still brings butterflies to my stomach,” Borger, 35,told NBC News when recalling the episode.
United countered that it has conducted a thorough investigation and determined that there is no support for the allegations, spokeswoman Christen David said ina statement.
“United does not tolerate discrimination of anykind,” David said. “We will vigorously defend ourselves andour employees.”
The couple was returning from a vacation to Costa Rica:
“I knew exactly what it was when I saw it,”he told NBC News. “I was absolutely and utterly shocked and embarrassed and humiliated and I didn’t even know what to do at the time.”
Onlookers began laughing when they saw the bag, causing the men severe emotional trauma, according to the lawsuit. Bridgeman speculated an airline employee went through the bag — which was closed with a simple zipper — found the sex toy, saw that it belonged to a man and decidedto humiliate the owner.
“I absolutely, fervently believe thatthis was intentional,”Bridgeman, 34, told NBC News. “It was very sick and it was very wrong and it was just maliciously taped to the top and targeted because we’re gay.”
http://www.towleroad.com/2012/08/gay-couple-sues-united-airlines-after-finding-dirty-sex-toy-taped-to-their-luggage.html




Maybe they just forgot to wash it off after they used it last? rofl

Lpdon's photo
Wed 08/29/12 07:12 PM

A gay couple is suing United Airlines after retrieving their luggage and finding a sex toy which had been taken from one of their bags, coveredin a dirty oily substance, and"taped prominently" to the top of the bag, NBC News reports :
Christopher Bridgeman and Martin Borger of Norfolk, Va., are seeking damages for intentional infliction of emotional distress,invasion of privacy and negligence in a lawsuit filed against the airline on Friday in the District Court of Harris County, Texas.
“It still brings butterflies to my stomach,” Borger, 35,told NBC News when recalling the episode.
United countered that it has conducted a thorough investigation and determined that there is no support for the allegations, spokeswoman Christen David said ina statement.
“United does not tolerate discrimination of anykind,” David said. “We will vigorously defend ourselves andour employees.”
The couple was returning from a vacation to Costa Rica:
“I knew exactly what it was when I saw it,”he told NBC News. “I was absolutely and utterly shocked and embarrassed and humiliated and I didn’t even know what to do at the time.”
Onlookers began laughing when they saw the bag, causing the men severe emotional trauma, according to the lawsuit. Bridgeman speculated an airline employee went through the bag — which was closed with a simple zipper — found the sex toy, saw that it belonged to a man and decidedto humiliate the owner.
“I absolutely, fervently believe thatthis was intentional,”Bridgeman, 34, told NBC News. “It was very sick and it was very wrong and it was just maliciously taped to the top and targeted because we’re gay.”
http://www.towleroad.com/2012/08/gay-couple-sues-united-airlines-after-finding-dirty-sex-toy-taped-to-their-luggage.html




Maybe they just forgot to wash it off after they used it last? rofl

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Wed 08/29/12 07:18 PM
serious, we live in a litigious country

if there was some policy or history of such action at this company, I could understand

but suing a company for an INDIVIDUALS choice that was working for them,,, seems overreaching to me

UNLESS the company does nothing to address it otherwise (like investigate and fire the person who behaved unprofessionally)

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Wed 08/29/12 07:28 PM
yea, wouldn't they suffer more emotional distress,invasion of privacy if this went to trial? laugh

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Wed 08/29/12 09:08 PM

There is just one problem with Bridgeman's claim.
Whoever found the sex toy couldn't have known just by looking at it that it belonged to a homosexual couple.


but they can't win a court battle without it belonging to a couple of gays... just another get rich quick case for the courts...