"Stop, this is not yours" - Cosplayer claims TwitchCon staff intentionally broke her sword

sportskeeda.com:

A cosplayer attending TwitchCon 2022 in Amsterdam claimed that her costume's prop sword was destroyed by event staff. IRL streamer Arab talked to her while livestreaming, where she told the story to him and his viewers.

Arab recognized the woman from a line he was in the day prior, and noticed that she was no longer cosplaying. She told him that she decided not to cosplay because a TwitchCon staffer broke her sword the day before when she set it down to grab a drink of water.

To make matters worse, she said that the staff member did it intentionally, as he snapped the sword in half when she asked him to put it down:

While talking to IRL Twitch streamer Arab, the woman said there was a tragic story as to why she wasn't wearing her costume. She said that the event staff came by and picked it up when she set it down to grab a drink of water from the restroom.

Arab responded and disbelief, asking why a staff member would do that. She responded that she had no idea why he did it. Another man listening to the story asked her to clarify if the staff member accidentally broke the prop. She said that it was intentional.

The streamer was upset that a staff member would do that for seemingly no reason.

The cosplayer said that she decided to come back the next day without cosplay because of the extra hassle it causes.

Arab asked her if the sword was fixable. She responded that it couldn't be fixed while she was at TwitchCon, but said she could fix it at home.

While it seems very strange that a staff member would randomly break someone's prop, there is one possible explanation. Since cosplayers frequently bring prop weapons to conventions, it's a common practice to have the props checked by staff to make sure they aren't capable of being