Woman sues Delta, says she was humiliated over sex toy CLEARWATER, Fla. (AP) =97 A woman who says she was pulled off an airplane= and=20 asked to take a sex toy out of her luggage after it started vibrating is=20 suing Delta Airlines, saying she was publicly humiliated. Renee=20 Koutsouradis, 36, said she was with her husband awaiting takeoff from=20 Dallas in February when her name was called over the loudspeaker. She said= =20 she was met by a Delta security agent who told her something was vibrating= =20 in one of her bags. She said she explained it was an adult toy that she and= =20 her husband had just bought on a trip to Las Vegas. She said the agent took= =20 her to the bag on the tarmac and made her remove the toy and hold it up,=20 according to the lawsuit filed Wednesday. Some passengers on the plane saw= =20 everything, and three male Delta employees "began laughing hysterically"=20 and made "obnoxious and sexually harassing comments." Koutsouradis was=20 allowed to repack and return to her seat. A spokeswoman for Delta would not= =20 comment on the specifics of the lawsuit. "We have an obligation to protect= =20 the safety and security of passengers," said spokeswoman Katie Connell. "If= =20 there's anything questionable about a bag, we have a responsibility to=20 investigate." The lawsuit seeks unspecified damages, accusing Delta of=20 negligence, intentional infliction of distress and gender discrimination.=20 Koutsouradis' lawyer, Brad Tobin, said Delta agents should have escorted=20 her to a private area. "She was pretty horrified by the treatment," he=20 said. "She never contended that Delta doesn't have the right to investigate= =20 a security issue. It was their total lack of professionalism." The owner of Roger's Trinbago Site: Roj (Roger James) *************************************************** escape email mailto:ejames@escape.ca Trinbago site: http://www.tntisland.com CBC Website http://www.tntisland.com/caribbeanbrassconnection/ The Trinbago Site of the Week: (Queen's Hall) http://queenshall.org/ (Queen'sHall) courtesy of Roj Trinbago Website & TnT Web Directory Roj's Trinbago Website: http://www.tntisland.com TnT Web Directory: http://search.co.tt *********************************************************