Geekin’ On Your Shower Squad

I don’t even know what that headline means.  An employee of Geek Squad in Industry, California made a house call and planted his cell phone in the customer’s bathroom to take video of her taking a shower.

From CBS here:

A woman and her mother Wednesday sued Best Buy Stores after a technician from Geek Squad videotaped the woman taking a shower.

Sarah Vasquez and her mother, Natalie Fornaciari of Walnut, filed the lawsuit in Pomona Superior Court, alleging fraud, negligent misrepresentation, negligent hiring, invasion of privacy and intentional infliction of emotional distress. They are seeking general, compensatory and punitive damages.

According to the suit, Fornaciari went to the Best Buy store in Industry on March 2 and asked an employee about getting her computer repaired. The employee gave her a brochure directing her to call a company called Geek Squad, the lawsuit stated.

A Geek Squad employee, Hao Kuo Chi, allegedly used a cell phone to videotape Vasquez when he went to the Fornaciari home on March 4, the lawsuit stated.

A review of the phone’s chip, which was removed by Vasquez’s younger sister, showed Vasquez showering, according to the lawsuit.

Chi later tried to get the chip back, offering a discount for his services if they returned it to them, the lawsuit stated.  Chi was later arrested, the lawsuit stated. He and Geek Squad also are defendants in the lawsuit.

Ka-Ching!  You know, the victim has hired Gloria Allred, the feminist attorney.  I’m sure she took the case, not to champion feminism, but to cash in on Best Buy.  But as a computer security pro, it could be argued that these women do not have a case.  Seems to me that they tampered with the electronic evidence by removing the chip.  That argument will likely fail if this guy turns out to be just another frustrated horny geek living in his mom’s basement.