A mother and daughter are suing Delta Air Lines after the duo claims they were sexually assaulted by an intoxicated passenger during a nine-hour flight from Athens, Greece to New York City.
The lawsuit contends that the woman and 16-year-old girl were both groped on the July 26, 2022, flight.
According to NBC News, the federal complaint says a drunken male passenger was served at least 10 vodkas on the rocks during the flight. The mother is referred to as “A.A.” in the complaint and her teenage daughter is identified as “N.A.”
The intoxicated passenger was reportedly slurring his words while attempting to get the teenager to engage in conversation while seated next to her but became “aggressive” and touched her back after she asked to be left alone, the plaintiffs allege.
“N.A. was frightened by his personal questions, tone and body language and turned her back to him to tell her mother that she was scared,” reads the lawsuit. “When N.A. turned away from him, the intoxicated Delta passenger began grabbing N.A., putting his hands on her back.”
The filing says the intoxicated passenger reportedly “began pulling and pushing” at the mother’s arm as she told him her daughter was a minor and to leave her alone.
The mother tried talking to a flight attendant and said the man was “very drunk and was making both her and her 16-year-old daughter feel unsafe by yelling, making obscene gestures and touching her daughter inappropriately.”
However, the flight attendant allegedly replied, “be patient” before walking away. The man was also served red wine after the mother asked that he not be served any more alcohol as he appeared to be getting “drunker and drunker.”
The lawsuit states that the drunken man also put his hand up the teen’s shirt and fondled her bra strap and back.
“N.A. was frozen as she felt the intoxicated Delta passenger’s hand fingering her bra strap and moving over her…
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