MP3 Player Gift Came Pre-Loaded With Adult Content

COOKEVILLE, Tenn. — A Tennessee man who bought his 10-year-old daughter an MP3 player as a Christmas gift got more than he bargained for.

The player was already stocked with sexually explicit images and adult-themed songs, much to his young daughter’s chagrin.

“Within 10 minutes, my daughter was crying,” Cookeville resident Daryl Hill said Thursday, according to the Associated Press. “I wish I could take the thoughts and images out of her head.”

Hill said that he bought three of the MP3 players as gifts for his children this year, and the one device in question must have been returned to the store by a previous purchaser who had uploaded sexually explicit video clips and songs with lyrics referencing drug use.

Now Hill wants to know why Wal-Mart would restock such a returned item as new — an apparent violation of the company’s policies.

In an email to the Nashville-based WSMV-TV, a Wal-Mart spokesperson said that stores are not supposed to return opened packages to the shelf, and that the situation was under investigation by the company.

Hill told reporters that he declined an offer from Wal-Mart to replace the MP3 device, saying that he had already purchased a replacement player for his daughter and is keeping the original until he speaks to an attorney about the situation.

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