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How is this the airline's fault? Especially when they moved you to a new seat. File charges against the harasser after you land. Maybe someone should sue that players's NFL team if someone gets harassed in the bleachers at his NFL game.
She must be ugly.
The incident happened during a late-night plane ride in February from Los Angeles to Newark, New Jersey, according to a lawsuit filed on Monday in Los Angeles Superior Court.
The unnamed athlete, who filed the suit with another unidentified man, alleges that the woman made "unwanted advances" toward him and inappropriately touched him during the flight.
"The safety and well-being of our customers is always our top priority," a spokesperson for United said in a statement on Wednesday. "In this instance, the customer involved was moved to a different seat. Because litigation is now pending, we’re unable to provide further comment."
The player, identified as John Doe 1 and the other man, identified as John Doe 2, alleges that the woman boarded the flight after a majority of the passengers were already seated and she appeared "disheveled and unbalanced."
According to the lawsuit, the woman was in the window seat in the same row as the two men.
John Doe 2 helped the woman put her bag in the overhead bin and as the woman took her seat she allegedly began harassing John Doe 1, who was in the middle seat and wearing a face mask because of the coronavirus pandemic.
"Assailant began hitting John Doe 1’s arm and elbowing him. Assailant accosted John Doe 1 and told him that he was 'frightening,' ordered him to move to the front and use the air in the front of the plane because he was sick," the suit states.
John Doe 1 "respectfully responded that he was not sick and was being proactive, especially in wake of the growing COVID-19 concerns at that time."
The lawsuit says that the men saw the woman taking prescription pills and believe she was intoxicated and under the influence of drugs. Her behavior toward the men "intensified" during the plane ride, according to the lawsuit.
According to the lawsuit, the woman groped John Doe 1's knees and thighs.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/nfl-player-sues-united-airlines-alleges-woman-sexually-assaulted-them-n1211336