Delta Air Lines vendor busted after stolen iPad snitches his gross videos to family’s iCloud

A recent federal lawsuit has revealed disturbing accusations against a worker employed by a Delta Air Lines vendor. The worker is accused of stealing a child’s iPad and using it to record inappropriate videos of himself, which later showed up in the child’s parents’ cloud storage.

The family, Tory and Brooke Brewer, filed their lawsuit in a U.S. district court in Charleston on July 16. Delta Air Lines released a statement saying the accused person is not a direct employee of Delta but works for an unnamed vendor company. The airline stated it has “zero tolerance for unlawful behavior of any kind,” but declined to comment further due to the ongoing legal case.

The family’s lawyer, Tola Familoni from the Motley Rice law firm, explained that what was supposed to be a fun family trip turned into a stressful experience filled with confusion and worry over unauthorized access to their personal devices, a violation of their privacy, and the sending of highly inappropriate videos through their child’s devices. According to The Guardian, the family wants to hold Delta accountable for what they see as a lack of proper response to their complaints before they had to take legal action.

Delta Airline vendor was clearly identified and the company did nothing

According to the Brewers’ lawsuit, the family took a Delta flight from Charleston to New York City’s John F. Kennedy International Airport, with a connecting flight to London. After arriving in London, they realized one of their children had left an Apple iPad in a “Peppa Pig” case on the plane. Soon after, Brooke Brewer started receiving strange text messages about the tablet.

Using Apple’s Find My app, Brooke Brewer tracked the iPad’s location to New York City. Although the person who had the iPad had logged out of Brooke Brewer’s main account, photos taken with the device were still being uploaded to her Apple iCloud account. At first, these photos were harmless, showing selfies of a man wearing what looked like a Delta uniform, with his name badge clearly visible. The Brewers quickly reported the lost iPad to Delta.

About a month later, disturbing content began appearing in Brooke Brewer’s iCloud account. The lawsuit states that explicit videos of the same man from the earlier selfies appeared, showing him performing inappropriate acts while still wearing his Delta uniform and name badge. A few days later, a second vulgar video of the man, again in his Delta uniform with his name badge, was uploaded to the iCloud account. The Brewers also claim the man accessed Brooke Brewer’s iTunes account and created a personal profile for himself.

Familoni said, “We would have hoped, if not publicly, at least personally, they would have acknowledged their role and responsibility for what happened to this family,” because Delta, “unfortunately, didn’t do that…

We hope that Delta will step up and take responsibility, speak to the family, and acknowledge their wrongdoing.”

Bad things happen in the air lines every once in a while, like almost crashing into mountains or a snoopy passenger grounding a plane over a misunderstanding. However, it’s hard to trust airlines when they don’t immediately act on theft from those working with them.

Making matters worse, the man, whose name is not mentioned in the lawsuit, allegedly used the iPad to get into the Brewers’ Amazon account. There, he created a profile labeled “Gay,” which one of the children found and told their parents about. After these troubling discoveries, the Brewers filed a second report with Delta. According to the lawsuit, Delta did not respond to their first report and replied to the second with a generic, automated email saying they were still looking for the lost iPad.