I just read the court filing.
They were returning from Costa Rica to Norfolk, connecting in Houston. At Houston they retreived their bags and passed through customs, and then re-checked the bags for the connecting flight to Norfolk. Everything ok up to that point.
Upon retreiving their checked baggage at Norfolk, to their chagrin, the “private sex toy” was no longer private.
If this is true, this can only be the work of TSA inspectors at Houston, who would inspect the bags before loading on the Houston-Norfolk flight.
A case like this with extensive discovery might start to uncover the full extent of TSA pilfering and theft from baggage, of which I have had occur twice. (Small valuables, nothing kinky!)
Are there no webcam surveillance setups to determine which are hoax claims and which are true TSA abuse? They better look to it...
Did TSA put a letter/notice in your baggage when they opened it? They did (at least once) when they opened mine.
I didn’t notice anything missing.
And yes, even if the first year, TSA agents were busted stealing things from peoples’ bags.