A Southland father filed a lawsuit against Sprint and Nextel alleging the mobile phone he purchased for his young son was pre-loaded with explicit photos of the store's employees.
Arsen Garibyan filed the lawsuit against Sprint Corp. and Nextel of California Inc. Tuesday, on behalf of his son in Los Angeles Superior Court stating that the phone contained completely nude photos and videos of Sprint Nextel sales representatives.
Garibyan purchased two phones as part of a cellular phone service package in October 2011 at the Sprint store in Lake Avenue, Pasadena, reported CBS Los Angeles.
"After a few minutes, (the boy) started asking, 'Daddy, what is this?'" the suit read. "When Mr. Garibyan looked at the telephone in (his son's) hand, to his shock, horror and disgust, (the child) was looking at pornographic photos and videos contained on one of the newly purchased phones."
It further stated that the photos showed "full-body naked as well as genital-focused graphic pictures and videos" of Sprint Nextel sales representatives.
Apart from this, the suit also claims that the phone was pre-used. Garibyan alleged the company of breach of contract, fraud, breach of the implied warranty of merchantability and negligent infliction of emotional distress. He is claiming more than $100,000 in damages.
The company issued a statement not denying the incident but maintaining that the alleged sales representatives were not Sprint employees.
"This incident occurred at a retail store in Pasadena that was selling Sprint products. Sprint does not condone this behavior. The sales representatives allegedly implicated were not Sprint employees. We terminated our relationship with this dealer shortly after the incident. Our investigation into this matter continues," Stephanie Vinge Walsh of Sprint Corporate Communications said in the statement according to the San Marino Tribune.
In October 2012, a Georgia mother had filed a court case against Sprint after she found that the phone she purchased for her 13-year-old daughter had porn images in it, reports Mercury News.
