Former Miss USA: TSA Patted Me Down And 'Touched My Vagina'
Monday, May 2, 2011 at 5:04PM
We're not anti-terrorism experts or anything -- but, you know who were pretty sure isn't carrying a bomb or a weapon onto a plane? Former Miss USA Susie Castillo.
Apparently, TSA agents of the Dallas Forth-Worth Airport thought otherwise and gave the 2002 Miss Massachusetts USA and 2003 Miss USA winner an enhanced pat down after she chose not go through the full body scanner out of fear of the effects of radiation.
Susie, who travels quite a bit, was no stranger to the enhanced pat down, but found this time it went too far and immediately recorded a video in the airport afterwards about what happened and uploaded it to YouTube.
A visibly upset Susie explains to the camera what happened when the the female TSA agent patted her down:
"The pat down was completely different than the one I got at LAX and I’m sure this woman was just doing her job, but she actually felt…touched my vagina."
Castillo adds later in the video (which you can catch below), "I completely feel violated."
Ugh! We bet.
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Bravo to Susie Castillo for fighting these disgusting assaults on innocent people. She is a smart and courageous woman, and I support her 100% in recovering from her sexual assault by a TSA screener.
Every body is different. While some people might be able to shrug off and forget about the forced touching and rubbing of their sexual organs by a complete stranger, there are many, many people for whom this is a devastating event. Sex organs have innervation, and emotional and mental anguish over unwelcome sexual touching is not about one's attitude - one's reaction is a physiologically triggered fact. This is unwanted sexual contact in the context of threats and coercion and severe consequences, especially for children who can not refuse. How could parents force their children to acquiesce to sexual relations with a stranger? This is inhumane, indecent, and immoral.
No one is made any safer because government agents shove their hands down the pants and up into the genitals of men, women, and children who are not suspects. This unjust physical and sexual abuse must stop immediately.