Tanzanian fashion designer Asya Khamsin claims that Sam Brinton wore his clothes which were stolen from DC airport in 2018.
The Fashion Designer Who Lost Her Luggage At The Airport In 2018 Claims That Sam Brinton Wore Her Clothes (PHOTO: Yahoo News)
Tanzanian fashion Designer Alleges Sam Brinton
A female Tanzanian fashion designer in Houston claimed that her clothing worn by former Department of Energy (DOE) official Sam Brinton had been contained in her luggage that she reported missing in Washington, in 2018. Asya Khamsin has designed and hand-made her own fashion clothing line for years. Khamsin recently saw a report that Brinton had been charged with stealing multiple pieces of luggage across the country and noticed that the former official appeared to be wearing her clothes in several images. Khamsin said she had put the same clothes in a bag that disappeared on March 9, 2018, at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport.
“I saw the pictures. Those were my own designs, which were stolen side that bag in 2018,” she told Fox News in an interview. “He used my clothes, which were stolen,” Khamsin added that she had flown to Washington, DC, to attend an event where she was requested to put her clothing on a show. However, the disappearance of her bag stopped her from participating in the event.
The Designer Filed A Police Report
After the apparent theft of her luggage, she and her husband filed a police report with Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority Police Department, but the case was never solved. They also filed a claim with Delta Air Lines, which is the airline that she used to travel from Houston to Washington, D.C. In contacts between Khamsin and Delta Air Lines officials from March 2018 Khamsin pleaded for help locating her bag, stating that it contained luxury clothes, shoes, jewelry, and other personal belongings. After catching her clothes that resembled the ones in her lost bag in the recent reports about Brinton, Khamsin filed a complaint with the Houston Police Department on December 16. She then received a call regarding the complaint in late January from the FBI field office in Minneapolis, according to Khamsin’s husband.
The FBI refused to comment, citing its policy against confirming or denying investigations. As of publishing time, Brinton has not yet been charged with any crime related to Khamsin’s cases. On October 26, Minnesota prosecutors charged Brinton with stealing a suitcase worth $2,325 from a Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport luggage carousel in September. Brinton faces up to five years in jail for the alleged offense and was released without bail following a court hearing last week. Then, in early December, Nevada prosecutors accused Brinton of grand larceny of an item valued between $1,200 and $5,000. Brinton was charged with stealing a bag with a total estimate worth of $3,670 on July 6 at Harry Reid International Airport in Las Vegas. Brinton was free after a judge set bail in the case at $15,000 and ordered Brinton to “stay out of trouble.”
In both the Minnesota and Nevada cases, Brinton had traveled on flights from Washington, D.C., before allegedly stealing the bags from the airports’ baggage carousels, according to criminal complaints. The DOE reported on December 12 that Brinton had departed the agency but wouldn’t comment on the reason for the departure after the charges in Minnesota and Nevada. A representative for the DOE said the agency wasn’t permitted to comment on personnel matters.
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