Message to Georgia Tech fans: do not smuggle food into the stadium
Georgia Tech alum and avid college football fan Mary Clayton is suing her former school for false arrest, false imprisonment, and for conducting an illegal search stemming from a humiliating strip search back in September 25, 2010 involving a Chick-fil-A sandwich. Clayton, a season ticket holder, was rushing to her seat as Georgia Tech was ready to kick-off against North Carolina State. Upon entry into the stadium, Georgia Tech officers stopped her as they suspected she was smuggling a chicken sandwich into the stadium. She denied having any sandwich on her body and stated she threw it out.
Mary Clayton is seeking monetary damages for an illegal strip search.
Apparently, this did not satisfy the officers as a female officer escorted her to a bathroom stall and required her to expose herself by lifting her shirt and bra and dropping her pants. After a thorough search of her body, clothes, and underwear, the officer did not find any sandwich, but Claying did find this strip search “humiliating and degrading.”
As a result of the incident, Clayton did not renew her season tickets and filed a verified complaint in the US District Court for the Northern Division of Georgia (1:11-cv-2437) seeking, among other things, monetary damages.
