SC girl left an iPad on Delta jet, then lewd videos showed up on family’s iCloud
A South Carolina family was the victim of cyber harassment after an employee affiliated with Delta Airlines used their daughter’s lost iPad to upload pornographic videos to the family’s iCloud account, according to a lawsuit.
The lawsuit filed in Charleston federal court on Wednesday accuses Delta Airlines and Unifi, which provides aviation and baggage handing services, of negligence, infliction of emotional distress, sexual assault and harassment.
While the lawsuit describes the individual who made the videos as a Delta employee, an airline representative said in a statement that “the accused individual is not a Delta employee but one of a vendor company.” Delta declined to comment further on the pending litigation.
The family was subjected to “vile and disturbing pornographic material as a result of their choice to be ticketed passengers on one of the Defendants’ flights,” wrote the family’s attorneys with the Motley Rice law firm.
The State has reached out to Unifi for comment.
On July 19, 2023, the Brewer family were going on vacation to London. Parents Tory and Brooke Brewer were flying with their children from Charleston to the capital of the United Kingdom via a stop at New York City’s John F. Kennedy International Airport.
On the roughly two-hour flight from Charleston to JFK, one of their children played with an iPad in a pink Peppa the Pig case. But as the family exited the plane in New York, the iPad was left in a seat pocket. When the family landed in London after a seven- hour flight, a “random text messages pertaining to the device” alerted Brooke Brewer that the iPad had been lost, according to the lawsuit.
Concerned, Brooke Brewer used the “Find My” app to locate the device in Jamaica, Queens, a neighborhood near JFK airport. Whoever had the device began taking selfies while wearing a Delta uniform and Delta badge, according to the lawsuit.
The Brewers filed a “lost-and-found” report with Delta, but heard nothing back.
“If they had done anything, maybe all of this could have been avoided,” said Mary Schiavo an attorney with the law firm Motley Rice, who is representing the Brewer family.
On Aug. 27, videos of the same individual masturbating while wearing a Delta uniform and name badge began appearing on the family’s iCloud account, according to the lawsuit. The iCloud account allows files, including pictures and videos, to be shared across multiple devices.
That day, the Brewers filed a second lost-and-found complaint with Delta. All they received in response were “generalized ‘no-reply’ emails,” wrote the Brewers’ attorneys.
Another pornographic video was posted to the family’s iCloud account on Sept. 3, according to the lawsuit. Partially redacted pictures attached to the lawsuit show a man wearing a lanyard with a red Delta tag and Delta badge performing a solo sex act while looking at a phone.
“It was just shocking,” said Schiavo, adding that if you found a “pink Peppa the Pig iPad, you have to know it’s a kid’s.”
One of the children also discovered that whoever had the iPad created their own profile on the family’s Amazon account, which they named “Gay,” according to the lawsuit. They also created their own profile on the family’s iTunes account.
The lawsuit’s five causes of action allege that Delta and Unifi’s failure to protect the family led to “severe mental and emotional distress.” The Brewers are seeking damages as well as reimbursement for bills and expenses.
Unifi did not confirm whether the individual was one of their employees, who was not named in the lawsuit. There was no information about whether the individual was charged or fired following the incidents.
The individual had to “go to great lengths to change some of the information on the accounts,” Schiavo said. “I don’t know this could have happened by accident.”
The family has not recovered the iPad, Schiavo said.
The timing of the lawsuit is notable, as plaintiffs have two years from the date of the incident to sue in federal court.
Motley Rice, the law firm representing the family, is a preeminent South Carolina-based firm that specializes in complex litigation around personal injury cases, including asbestos and tobacco.
In addition to Schiavo, the Brewers are represented by Olutola Familoni and James Braucle.
This story was originally published July 19, 2025 at 6:00 AM.