May 19, 2023 12:46pm EDT
Sam Brinton's latest arrest involves alleged theft of Tanzanian fashion designer's clothes, lawyer says
Fashion designer 'hopes to retrieve the seized items' from police soon, lawyer tells Fox News Digital
By Thomas Catenacci | Fox News
Former senior Department of Energy (DOE) official Sam Brinton's latest arrest this week involves his alleged theft of a Tanzanian fashion designer's baggage in 2018, according to the designer's lawyer.
Peter Hansen, a Washington, D.C.-based attorney representing Tanzanian fashion designer Asya Khamsin, said police executed a search warrant at Brinton's Maryland residence Wednesday using information he shared with them. Khamsin has accused Brinton of wearing her custom designs that were packed in a luggage she reported missing in 2018 at Ronald Reagan National Airport in Washington, D.C.
"On March 9, 2018, her luggage was stolen from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport," Hansen told Fox News Digital in a statement. "In her bag were more than a dozen bespoke articles of clothing that she had designed, along with a number of other valuable items for her business."
"Asya Khamsin’s business was seriously damaged by this loss, which remained a mystery until she was recently alerted to photos of Sam Brinton wearing articles from her lost luggage. She thereafter contacted the authorities," he continued.
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