Morrissey accuses San Francisco Airport security of sex attack

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Morrissey accuses San Francisco Airport security of sex attack

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Singer Morrissey has lodged an official complaint against a San Francisco Airport security officer after alleging the man groped him at a checkpoint.

The former The Smiths frontman was preparing to fly from San Francisco International Airport in California to London’s Heathrow Airport on Monday when the incident occurred.

He claims a male worker approached him at a security check and grabbed his privates as he gathered his belongings from an X-ray conveyor belt.

Morrissey also alleges two British Airways staff who were accompanying him through the airport witnessed the ‘assault’ and advised him to make a formal complaint with bosses at the travel hub.

In a statement, the singer writes, “On leaving the US on 27 July I flew from San Francisco International Airport to London on flight BA 284. At 2:30 in the afternoon I went through the usual airport security procedure including the stand-up ‘scanner’, and all was well – no bleeps and nothing unusual.

“Before I could gather my belongings from the usual array of trays I was approached by an ‘airport security officer’ who stopped me, crouched before me and groped my penis and testicles. He quickly moved away as an older ‘airport security officer’ approached.
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He is literally a crazy person who says ridiculous nonsense regularly, so it's hard to really take him seriously even in a situation like this.
 
Anoregon said:
He is literally a crazy person who says ridiculous nonsense regularly, so it's hard to really take him seriously even in a situation like this.
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Exactly what I was thinking...

Love his music though. But yeah... things come out of his mouth that make me speechless sometimes.... and not in a good way.
 
I mean...it's kinda not improbable. The guy's famous and he has fans who are totally nuts. Hard to imagine one of them not wanting to squeeze his balls if given the chance, tbh.
 
His boycott of Canada is one of the most ridiculously justified things I've ever heard

Won't play shows in Harperland because seal clubbing takes place in Arctic Canada
 
Joe said:
NeoGAF: where personal objection trumps sexual assault claims.
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There are very few celebrities that would pull this kind of reaction for this story... but Morrissey has a history of saying things so ridiculous its just... genuinely hard to be sure if it was just his first experience with a public pat-down or something.
 
DrFaustPhD said:
There are very few celebrities that would pull this kind of reaction for this story... but Morrissey has a history of saying things so ridiculous its just... genuinely hard to be sure if it was just his first experience with a public pat-down or something.
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probably the most likely thing that happened here

He has a history of exaggeration and shit talking
 
Doodis said:
I like Morrissey's music, but I have never followed his personal life. What makes you despise him? Serious question.
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He's a vegan and animal rights activist, which is cool on its own, but he viciously insults anyone who doesn't share his beliefs. He does this while also wearing leather shoes.
 
Blader said:
He's a vegan and animal rights activist, which is cool on its own, but he viciously insults anyone who doesn't share his beliefs. He does this while also wearing leather shoes.
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Usually 700-800 dollar Prada ones as well. Or whatever designer he's into at the moment.
 
From his blog post:
The officer who sexually assaulted me was identified as the General Manager On Duty. Luckily I was accompanied by two members of British Airways Special Services, who were horrified at the sexual attack and suggested that I lodge a complaint. I asked if there would be any point in lodging a complaint since, as with any complaint against a figure in "authority", the complaints are simply collected in order to protect the guilty officer should the matter go further. The British Airways Special Services employees assured me that a complaint was worthwhile, and so I filed the appropriate information. However, before doing so, the guilty "officer" was confronted, and the conversation went thus:

You have just sexually groped this man.
Officer: That's just your opinion.
What you have done is illegal.
Officer: That's just your opinion.
You have no right to do what you have just done.
Officer: That's just your opinion.

Apart from "that's just your opinion", he would not comment, even though, since the penis and testicles were mine and no one else's, then my opinion must surely have some meaning.
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The man travels the world and especially the US, how could he not know about tsa procedures?

It is entirely possible he's exaggerating just to make a point and/or for publicity but to have that be the overwhelming first response is a little alarming and really disappointing. It is equally possible that the tsa agent went way too far and actually made him feel assaulted.

This thread has been just a step away from YouTube comment status.
 
I literally only know of the name Morrisey because Pete Wentz of Fall Out Boy had a Morrisey poster behind him in the nude selfies that got leaked on the internet.

I literally have no idea who this guy is.
 
Joe said:
From his blog post:

The man travels the world and especially the US, how could he not know about tsa procedures?

It is entirely possible he's exaggerating just to make a point and/or for publicity but to have that be the overwhelming first response is a little alarming and really disappointing. It is equally possible that the tsa agent went way too far and actually made him feel assaulted.

This thread has been just a step away from YouTube comment status.
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You're right, its 100% possible, and that quote you posted does certainly add validity to the claim... its just... Morrissey ya know? A lot of us have been conditioned to take anything he says with a grain of salt... because batshit insane things come out of his mouth way too often. I guess I can't speak for everyone else, but if almost any other celebrity was the subject of the story, skepticism wouldn't be my first reaction.
 
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