Woman's Sexual Assault Lawsuit Against American Airlines Moves to Texas Court

A woman says she was groped and sexually harassed on an American Airlines flight to DFW Airport after flight attendants over-served alcohol to the man next to her, according to a lawsuit recently moved to U.S. District Court in the Northern District of Texas.The Texas woman was on a flight from Europe to the Dallas-Fort Worth Airport in November when the passenger next to her started acting belligerently, she said in the suit.An American Airlines spokeswoman said the Fort Worth-based company is "deeply troubled by any allegation of misconduct onboard our aircraft or at any of our facilities.""If our crews discover or are told about any alleged illegal misconduct that may occur on the aircraft, law enforcement is contacted and will meet the aircraft upon arrival," the spokeswoman said in a statement. "In all cases of misconduct between two passengers, we will immediately separate them, and request law enforcement meet the aircraft, which is our standard protocol. It is up to law enforcement to determine what, if any criminal activity, took place."The woman says in her lawsuit that the man got steadily drunker as flight attendants served him "copious amounts of alcohol," at times giving him three alcoholic drinks at once.  Continue reading...

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