DALLAS - A former Miss USA has taken to the Internet to post that a TSA agent groped her during a security pat-down at the Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport.
Susie Castillo held the Miss USA crown in 2003. In the video, Castillo tearfully said a female agent repeatedly touched her vagina during the search. She said she was patted down because she refused to go through a body scanning machine.
"Making me choose to either get molested, because that's what I feel like, or go through this machine, that's completely unhealthy and dangerous," Castillo said.
A TSA manager interviewed the agent and found no infractions. A video of the incident will also be reviewed.
The agency said only three percent of travelers get a pat-down, and of those less than one percent file complaints.
A TSA spokesman said the body scan machines pose no health threat and do not use radiation to produce images.
