United pilot attacked passenger for taking too long in the bathroom, lawsuit alleges
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Yisroel Liebb of New Jersey claims pilot broke lock and pulled him out with his pants down, leaving him exposed

Summary

Orthodox Jewish passenger Yisroel Liebb filed a federal lawsuit claiming a United Airlines pilot forcibly removed him from an airplane bathroom during a January 2024 flight from Tulum to Houston, exposing his genitalia to passengers.

Liebb said he was experiencing constipation and had been in the bathroom for about 30 minutes when the pilot broke the lock and dragged him out.

After landing, Customs and Border Protection officers detained Liebb and another passenger, allegedly making derogatory remarks about their religion.

United Airlines and CBP declined to comment.

  • PhilipTheBucketA
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    1 day ago

    I feel like it’s pretty clear from reading the interaction what did and didn’t happen.

    About 10 minutes later, with Liebb still indisposed, the pilot approached Sebbag and asked him to check on Liebb, the lawsuit says.

    Happened.

    The pilot then yelled at Liebb to leave the bathroom immediately, the lawsuit says.

    Happened.

    Liebb said he told the pilot that he was finishing up and would be out momentarily.

    Could go either way. It is starting to fall into a recognizable pattern, though, of “everything he did was crazy and unhinged, literally everything on my side was totally calm and reasonable” that usually is not how confrontations happen.

    The pilot became visibly enraged, broke the lock on the door and forced the door to the bathroom open

    Definitely didn’t happen.

    making scathing remarks about their Judaism, and how ‘Jews act’

    Definitely didn’t happen.

    Liebb said when he asked why they were being detained, an officer tightened his handcuffs and responded: “This isn’t county or state. We are homeland. You have no rights here.”

    Probably happened. 😦