A young child’s lost Peppa Pig iPad was taken by an airline employee and used to film homemade porn videos, according to court filings seen by Metro.
The Brewer family allegedly began seeing X-rated masturbation videos featuring an ’employee of Delta Airlines’ after they left their kid’s iPad on a plane at JFK Airport in New York.
Explicit pictures show a man wearing a Delta uniform and name badge filming the content with the child’s device.
The ‘horrified’ family told Metro they are hoping to raise awareness of how their dream holiday to England was turned upside-down.
Brooke and Tory Brewer were en route to the UK from South Carolina with their two small children on July 19, 2023, when they handed one of their kids the Peppa Pig-themed iPad.
However, at a stopover in JFK Airport, they left the device in a seat pocket.
Once in London, Brooke began receiving random text messages about activity on the device.
The family then used the ‘Find My’ app to track the iPad to Jamaica, Queens, where the New York airport is located.
Photos then began syncing to Tory Brewer’s iCloud, starting off with selfies taken by a man ‘wearing a Delta uniform and name badge.’
But a month later, the family discovered a string of porn videos on their iCloud.
These videos show the man ‘masturbating while in his Delta uniform and wearing his Delta name badge,’ this is according to court filings from July 16 this year seen by Metro.
The Delta employee allegedly wrecked havoc on the family’s other accounts through the iPad.
The man even allegedly accessed the Brewer’s iTunes account and created his own personal profile.
One of the young children also discovered that the iPad had been used to hack into the family’s Amazon account and create a new profile called ‘Gay’.
The Brewer’s claim they filed multiple reports to Delta which received only generic ‘no-reply’ emails.
The devastated family told Metro in a statement they want to protect other families from going through something similar.
They said: ‘This experience has been horrifying and something we never could have anticipated.
‘In the rush of de-boarding, our child simply left their device on the plane. We’re sharing our story in hope we can help prevent this from happening to others.
‘If speaking out can spare just one family from having to endure something like this, we would be grateful.’
How Peppa Pig became an international sensation
The kids’ show filled with funny cartoon animals has gone from British TV show to a global franchise.
Peppa Pig has hit over 180 countries, with sales from toys, theme parks and games totally £1.3 billion in 2022.
The show hit TV on Channel 5 in 2005. Its premise was 5 minute videos which take on topics with humour and without villains.
Now it has been translated into over 40 languages, with Peppa becoming a icon as far out as China.
The cartoon was hugely popular among children, but also among adults as a source of counterculture and memes.
The government subsequently removed Peppa Pig video clips from one of China’s most popular social media platforms.
Peppa Pig was the most popular kids show in the US, UK and France in 2023, according to Fortune.
The hype was too good for others not to get on board. US toymaker Hasbro bought the studio behind the show for a huge £3 billion.
There are now Peppa Pig theme parks across the world. In Romsey, outside Southampton, Florida, Texas and Germany. The world’s biggest Peppa Pig theme park is due welcome children in Shanghai in 2027.
The family eventually did have the iPad returned – but without the Peppa Pig casing, the law firm representing the family told Metro.
Motley Rice also supplied a photo of this iPad.
The family’s attorney Tola Familoni said: ‘What should have been a fun family getaway was riddled with confusion and anxiety over unauthorized access to their personal devices, a breach of privacy, and the transmission of highly inappropriate, explicit video recordings sent through their child’s laptop, something they never would have expected.
‘This was made worse due to the lack of response from Delta. Our firm, Motley Rice, seeks to hold Delta accountable for this.
‘We hope this lawsuit can help stop something like this happening to any other families who fly with Delta — or any airline in the future.’
The Brewers are suing Delta and Unifi Aviation for negligence, intentional infliction of emotional distress, harassment, and even sexual assault.
Unifi Aviation is a ground handling service which is partnered with and partly owned by Delta airlines.
Delta Airlines told Metro: ‘Delta is aware of the complaint. The accused individual is not a Delta employee but one of a vendor company. We have zero tolerance for unlawful behavior of any kind but will decline to comment further on this pending litigation.’
A Unifi Spokesperson told Metro: ‘Unifi is aware of the complaint. Unifi holds all employees to high standards of professionalism and integrity, and any conduct that falls short of those standards is not tolerated.’
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