Former Miss USA Susie Castillo says TSA "molested" her at DFW airport

By: Edecio Martinez
Topics: Daily Blotter

Former Miss USA Susie Castillo

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(CBS/AP) DALLAS - Former Miss USA Susie Castillo says a TSA pat down at Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport left her feeling "molested" and "helpless."

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Castillo, who was crowned in 2003, representing Massachusetts, was in tears after she was searched while preparing to fly home to Los Angeles on April 21.

"What bothered me most was when she ran the back of her hands down my behind, felt around my breasts, and even came in contact with my vagina!" Castillo wrote on her website.

She did a video minutes later and posted it on YouTube, claiming she felt "molested."

The beauty queen turned actress says she decided against doing the body scanner over concerns about exposure to radiation.

Castillo says a female Transportation Security Administration worker who checked her touched her crotch area several times.

"I felt completely helpless and violated during the entire process (in fact, I still do), so I became extremely upset," she wrote on her website.

Castillo later complained and was given a TSA comment card.

TSA spokesman Luis Casanova says the screener was questioned and did the pat down correctly. Casanova apologized for any discomfort to Castillo.

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by january53 May 3, 2011 1:25 PM EDT: Get over it.; Reply to this comment


by jimatmadison May 2, 2011 1:39 PM EDT: Yeah, yeah, we get it. You wanted your pictures splashed in the media.

So you decided to fly, decided to go through the pat-down, and then (surprise, surprise) decided to put up a YouTube posting about it within minutes after it happened.

Get a life, soon. Because your looks aren't going to support you forever.; Reply to this comment


by Ole76er May 2, 2011 10:34 AM EDT: Oh poor thing! Just get over yourself and next time either drive (if you've got a license and a car) or take a bus.

Next we'll hear about a multimillion dollar lawsuit from this nobody.; Reply to this comment


by cdimice May 2, 2011 10:07 AM EDT: The beauty queen turned actress says she decided against doing the body scanner over concerns about exposure to radiation.

Ummmmm wonder if she's ever had her teeth x-rayed, or any other part of her body for that fact.... Maybe she was more concerned about the stuff she had hidden internally because the x-ray would have exposed her... and not so much to the radiation but to her 'habit' maybe...

In this day and age... I want to know that beyond a shadow of a doubt and with as much assurance as can be afforded me that the people on a flight are not threats of 'any' kind...

This young woman needs to get over her inflated perception of herself and realize that now she has gotten all the much needed publicity she can out of a TSA pat down... move on with her life and career and next time take the bus or drive.... If she didn't have anything to hide, she should not be complaining about any kind of security event....; Reply to this comment


by 57vw May 2, 2011 9:46 AM EDT: TSA needs to offer as an option an "Opposite Gender" patdown. That would be fun.; Reply to this comment


by Montana5 May 2, 2011 8:52 AM EDT: OMG, TSA touched you? Either put your big girl panties on or take the bus. Better yet, walk. But stop whining.; Reply to this comment

by Sblanch May 2, 2011 8:46 AM EDT

There is a simple solution to this problem. Simply allow two classes of flights: those with pat downs and x-rays, and those without. Leave it up to the passengers which one they want. Then see which one gets attacked first.

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by chenz66 May 2, 2011 2:52 PM EDT: Good luck getting a pilot when you offer that choice. I know if I was a pilot I would not want to fly one of the opt out flights.


by formrusmcsgt May 2, 2011 8:39 AM EDT: by eyesopenwide May 1, 2011 7:41 PM EDT
Just a little molestation isn't bad?
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If you believe that someone can touch a clothed woman's vagina, you're a total moron.; Reply to this comment


by chenz66 May 2, 2011 8:35 AM EDT: If you don't like the additional security, don't fly. Drive where you need to go. There are a lot of people who want to kill us out there. This is the world we live in now. Get over it!!!!!! Enough about our constitutional rights. I don't want to wind up dead because you are scared of a pat down or the scan. Do what you need to do to get on the plane and shut the hell up!!!!; Reply to this comment


by ajharris1978 May 2, 2011 6:16 AM EDT: I too, was "vigoriosly patted down by TSA recently. I just pretended that the TSA official was Gisele Bündchen & I was Jennifer Esposito & that we were doing the pat-down scene from Taxi.; Reply to this comment