Former Smiths frontman Morrissey has claimed he was "sexually assaulted" by a security officer at San Francisco International Airport.
The British rock star said his genitals were grabbed during a routine security check as he went to catch a British Airways flight to London on Monday 27 July.
According to the musician, the pat-down happened after he passed through the stand-up scanner without any apparent problem and gathered his belongings.
"I was approached by an 'airport security officer' who stopped me, crouched before me and groped my penis and testicles," Morrissey, 56, wrote on his website True To You .
"He quickly moved away as an older 'airport security officer' approached."
The singer said he was initially reluctant to lodge a complaint, but was urged to do so by two members of British Airways Special Services, who were accompanying him.
Morrissey said he confronted the officer, whose response was: "That's just your opinion."
"Since the penis and testicles were mine and no one else's, then my opinion must surely have some meaning," Morrissey wrote.
"But, of course, what the airport security officer was saying was: your opinion will never count in the eyes of the law."
Morrissey warned other travellers using the air hub to prepare for similar treatment.
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