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Chargers' defensive tackle Sebastian Joseph-Day has accused a male TSA agent at a Southern California airport of sexually assaulting him.
“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). Then they told me I was the problem after 3 TSA agents swarmed me.”
Joseph-Day called the incident “extremely unnecessary and dehumanizing” in a second tweet. “I travel a lot, for personal and work reasons. I’ve never experienced anything like that,” he said.
After the incident, Joseph-Day says he attempted to file a complaint but said the agency was making him “jump through hoops to do so.”
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The Chargers defender added, “I’m not sharing this on Twitter for sympathy. I’m sharing this so this group of gentleman and staff aren’t allowed to do this ever again to another human being,” and tagged the official Twitter accounts for the airport and city of Irvine, where the airport is located.
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The agency added, “TSA remains committed to treating every traveler with dignity and respect while carrying out is security screening responsibilities.”
A representative for Joseph-Day did not immediately respond to PEOPLE’s request for comment.
source: people.com
