Girl,13, finds CHILD PORN on ‘new’ Sprint cell phone from RadioShack, mother Marcia Jones sues
A previous user apparently saved adult and child pornography to the phone — sold as NEW — that Jones bought for her family at Stonecrest Mall in Lithonia, Ga.
Couple Marcia and Morgan Jones are suing Radio Shack after a Sprint phone they purchased for their children were found to contain pornographic images.
Pornography was not listed as a preprogrammed cellphone feature. But when a 13-year-old girl activated supposedly new phones from RadioShack, that's just what she found.
A previous user apparently uploaded graphic adult and child porn to one of the two Sprint phones Marcia Jones purchased for herself and her daughter at Stonecrest Mall in Lithonia, Ga.
"It's certainly not something I would want a minor to see," the family's attorney, Curt Thompson, told the Daily News. "It's porn. It's not just a racy photo. It's very clearly pornographic."
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The family filed a lawsuit against RadioShack and Sprint for ""intentional infliction of emotional distress" and "deceptive trade practices."
"It appears that the phone was not in fact new," Thompson said bluntly. "The reality is that RadioShack was attempting to refurbish and sell old phones."
Thompson alleges that the store was only willing to trade in the HTC Evo 4g phones for new ones, reported WSBTV. RadioShack reportedly did not bother to address any damage this error may have caused.
But a simple trade would not suffice because Marcia's daughter Morgan needed psychological counseling after viewing the graphic images, Thompson claimed.
"It was unconscionable to allow that to happen and to expect that not to do harm or damage to someone," Thompson said.
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The lawsuit also named Sprint because they licensed the phones. "There's a reason that we named RadioShack first," Thompson explained, "but at the same time, I've been doing this for long enough to know that just because one thing seems logical doesn't mean it couldn't have happened another way… so you have to name everybody."
The Daily News reached out to the store but employees declined to comment. RadioShack's corporate office did not return the Daily News' call.
mwalsh@nydailynews.com
A previous user apparently saved adult and child pornography to the phone — sold as NEW — that Jones bought for her family at Stonecrest Mall in Lithonia, Ga.
Couple Marcia and Morgan Jones are suing Radio Shack after a Sprint phone they purchased for their children were found to contain pornographic images.
Pornography was not listed as a preprogrammed cellphone feature. But when a 13-year-old girl activated supposedly new phones from RadioShack, that's just what she found.
A previous user apparently uploaded graphic adult and child porn to one of the two Sprint phones Marcia Jones purchased for herself and her daughter at Stonecrest Mall in Lithonia, Ga.
"It's certainly not something I would want a minor to see," the family's attorney, Curt Thompson, told the Daily News. "It's porn. It's not just a racy photo. It's very clearly pornographic."
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The family filed a lawsuit against RadioShack and Sprint for ""intentional infliction of emotional distress" and "deceptive trade practices."
"It appears that the phone was not in fact new," Thompson said bluntly. "The reality is that RadioShack was attempting to refurbish and sell old phones."
Thompson alleges that the store was only willing to trade in the HTC Evo 4g phones for new ones, reported WSBTV. RadioShack reportedly did not bother to address any damage this error may have caused.
But a simple trade would not suffice because Marcia's daughter Morgan needed psychological counseling after viewing the graphic images, Thompson claimed.
"It was unconscionable to allow that to happen and to expect that not to do harm or damage to someone," Thompson said.
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The lawsuit also named Sprint because they licensed the phones. "There's a reason that we named RadioShack first," Thompson explained, "but at the same time, I've been doing this for long enough to know that just because one thing seems logical doesn't mean it couldn't have happened another way… so you have to name everybody."
The Daily News reached out to the store but employees declined to comment. RadioShack's corporate office did not return the Daily News' call.
mwalsh@nydailynews.com
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