Family Discovers Naked Images of Delta Employee in iCloud Account After Losing IPad on Flight: Lawsuit

Brooke Brewer faced an unexpected predicament when strange and disturbing recordings began surfacing in her family's cloud account, including graphic content. She discovered a device left behind by one of her children on a Delta flight from Charleston to New York City, was not only lost, but being misused.

After the July 19, 2023 family trip, the Brewers realized the forgotten device was a Peppa Pig-themed iPad belonging to one of their children. Hoping to retrieve it, they filed a lost and found report with Delta Air Lines the next day. The airline responded with an automated email saying they were searching for the device.

The alarming content in Brewer's cloud account began with seemingly innocuous selfies of a man in a uniform with a Delta Air Lines name badge. Soon, these photos were followed by disturbing videos of the same individual engaging in sexual acts while wearing his uniform. The family reported the images to Delta but received only generic replies, according to The Guardian.

Delta Air Lines responded by stating that the individual was not a direct employee but worked for a third-party company at the airport. Despite assuring "zero tolerance for unlawful behavior of any kind," the airline refrained from further commenting on the ongoing legal proceedings.

The situation worsened when one of the Brewers' children discovered a new profile labeled "Gay" on the family's Amazon account. This incident, combined with the explicit recordings, prompted the family to take legal action. Tory and Brooke Brewer filed a lawsuit against Delta Air Lines in the U.S. District Court in Charleston on July 16, 2023, seeking compensation for gross negligence, harassment, and intentional infliction of emotional distress.

"We hope that Delta will step up and take responsibility, speak to the family, and acknowledge their wrongdoing," said Attorney Tola Familoni, representing the Brewers, the Guardian reported. Familoni further remarked, "We would have hoped, if not publicly, at least personally they would have acknowledged their role and responsibility for what happened to this family."

Motley Rice, the law firm representing the Brewers, conveyed the incident's impact, emphasizing the transformation of what should have been a carefree family vacation into an ordeal marked by breaches of privacy and unauthorized access to personal devices. Familoni underscored the broader implications of the case, aiming not only for justice for the Brewers but also to emphasize the need for better security and data protection for passengers in transit.