Get arrested for carrying flour-filled condoms and win $180K
Apparently college students these days are carrying flour-filled condoms to relieve stress before or during exams? Did I miss something? Where was this stress relieving tip when I was taking college courses? Janet Lee thought the tip was so funny that she packed her suitcase with a few flour filled condoms to show to friends back home. Unfortunately, the airport screeners didn’t see the humor and concluded that the white substance was indeed a prohibited substance.
Lee was a freshman at Bryn Mawr College in 2003 when she tried to take three condoms filled with flour in her carry-on bag on a flight to Los Angeles. They were discovered by airport screeners, and authorities said initial tests showed they contained drugs. Lee was held for 21 days on drug trafficking charges until later tests showed she was telling the truth.
Lee said the flour-filled condoms were a phallic toy students would squeeze to deal with exam stress, and she thought they were funny and packed them to show friends at home. Lee, now a 21-year-old senior, said she did not know that drug dealers often carry drugs in condoms.
The misunderstanding left no one laughing.. Aside from Ms. Lee who settled with a $180,000 tab being picked up by the city. The rubbers, a pack of flour, and 3-weeks in jail. Is that worth $180,000 to you?
hell yeah it’s worth it! At that rate, i”d stay a year in prison!
Haha how can someone not laugh at this… geeze.
And I think I would go through it. $180,00? Im sure she could pay off her student loans with that.
“…authorities said initial tests showed they contained drugs…”
And Im sure their “initial tests” were something of “Well it looks like drugs.”
It would definitely be worth the money. I’m sure Myke is right, they’re initial tests must have been something close. That gave me a laugh!
I’d say its more than worth it if it somehow reduces the lunacy of the govt.
Considering I make about $40k/year, hell yeah!
I did 6yrs in the Navy, 21 days is a piece if cake!!
6 years in the navy to make 40k a year? Wow. Even if you made the 40k a year instead of going to the navy, thats 40 x 6 = 240k you missed out on in 6 years to be a block head on a boat. way to go!
btw id shove all those flour filled condoms up my arse for 180k
I have a friend that goes to Bryn Mawr it is completely believable that they would abuse dicks for stress relief they are angry women. Its an all girls school.
I wonder if they 1099 for this kind of thing.
She didn’t just get arrested, she was held in jail for 3 weeks because their field test was faulty. If the police can’t tell flour from illicit drugs we are all in potential danger. The $180, 000 award doesn’t go nearly far enough to insure that police are more careful before falsely accusing people.