Posted on 03/27/2023 4:10:57 PM PDT by nickcarraway
A Los Angeles Chargers player says he was sexually assaulted by a Transportation Security Administration (TSA) agent at a California-area airport.
“I really just got sexually assaulted by TSA at @JohnWayneAir. After I asked the gentleman to please stop BC I’m uncomfortable and I feel that this part of the check is unnecessary (After he felt what was needed),” Chargers defensive end Sebastian Joseph-Day wrote in a tweet on Friday. “Then they told me I was the problem after 3 TSA agents swarmed me.”
In his Twitter thread, Joseph-Day called the incident with the TSA agent “extremely unnecessary and dehumanizing,” adding that he feels he’ll have to “jump through hoops” just to file a complaint on the situation.
Sebastian Joseph-Day Los Angeles Chargers defensive tackle Sebastian Joseph-Day (69) sacks Jacksonville Jaguars quarterback Trevor Lawrence (16) during the first of an NFL wild-card football game, Saturday, Jan. 14, 2023, in Jacksonville, Fla. (AP Photo/Chris O’Meara) I’m not sharing this on Twitter for sympathy,” Joseph-Day, who joined the Chargers after winning a Super Bowl with the crosstown rivals Rams in 2021, wrote in a tweet. “I’m sharing this so this group of gentleman and staff aren’t allowed to do this ever again to another human being.”
Joseph-Day said that a TSA supervisor threatened to call the police on him if he didn’t finish the search.
Denver Broncos linebacker sues NFL, LA Chargers over season-ending injury “It’s 1 thing if they apologized after my concerns, but the supervisor threatened to call the sheriff on me if I didn’t finish the search after I expressed I was just violated & told me to watch my mouth,” Joseph-Day said in response to John Wayne Airport’s Twitter account. “I don’t think it’s just a TSA issue.”
In a statement to Fox News, TSA said it is aware of the allegations Joseph-Day made, saying they are looking into the matter.
“TSA is aware of allegations made by a traveler who was screened by TSA officers at John Wayne Orange County Airport Friday morning. We are looking into the matter to determine if our procedures were followed and whether any corrective action needs to be taken,” the agency told Fox News.
“TSA remains committed to treating every traveler with dignity and respect while carrying out its security screening responsibilities”
The Hill has reached out to the NFLPA, the NFL’s players union, for comment and more information.
Santa Ana TSA
Dignity and respect, oh really!
Is this the guy who posted the weeping video from the airport ladies room?
It must have been the anal probe.
Did he have a suspicious package too.
I get assaulted by TSA almost every time I fly. The worst for me was in Orlando coming back from Disney World 2 yrs ago when I got a digital exam of my vagina. To top it off, my grandchildren (6 & 10 at the time) witnessed the assault and started to wonder if grandma was a terrorist.
Lineman?
Sounds like a tight end.
Wide Receiver Michael Henderson
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ncq9aqlz9Ag
some of the TSA agents are homo’s and like to give guys them a good grab
That’s insane
I don’t doubt this story for a moment.
I’ve had very inappropriate questioning and exams from TSA.
And I’m on the “trusted traveler” “quick everything” list.
Not sure if it it because I’m obviously Jewish or because I’m a big (as in tall, athletic, and have to pass military flight certifications) and they’re perverts.
Welcome to the party pal! 😏
I got grabbed so hard one time I limped on the plane.
Got is for my 3 piece set for the rest of the flight
And once, they were doing there business and my brother, his wife, and kids walked by. My brother shook his head at me.
Can’t they hire people who DON’T enjoy their jobs so much.
Do you automatically get a female “screener?”
I will not fly ... ever ...
Those TSA guys were playing hardball?
Errhh ... how could I rephrase that?
I used to think anyone who thought 9/11 was an inside job was nuts. Now I think the exact opposite.
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