A woman said she was humiliated when she was told she had to remove her bra to pass through an electronic check point at a U.S. federal courthouse in Idaho.

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Lori Plato of Bonners Ferry, Idaho, said she was entering the courthouse in Coeur d'Alene for a hearing when the metal detector went off as she passed through, the Spokane (Wash.) Spokesman-Review reported.

"When I walked through, the gentleman said, "'Do you have an underwire bra on?' " Plato said. "I said, 'Yeah.' He said, 'You have to remove it.' "

She told the Spokesman-Review there was no place to remove it, so she stepped aside and removed her bra while her husband tried to hide her actions from others by holding up his coat.

The U.S. Marshal's Service, which supervises security at the courthouse, said Plato was given options but chose not to exercise them.

U.S. Marshal Patrick McDonald said Plato is the first person he knows of who has been asked to remove a bra at the courthouse, the newspaper said.

"I don't think they're considered a weapon, really, the last time I looked," he said.