A lawsuit filed against Delta Airlines states the airline offered 5,000 free miles to a woman and her teenage daughter after they were allegedly groped by a dunk passenger, according to a New York Post report.
The suit states the incident occurred on a nine-hour flight from John F. Kennedy to Athens, Greece on July 26 2002.
“What happened to them during a flight was not just a nightmare, it was completely preventable,” lawyer, Evan Brustein told the Post.
The lawsuit, filed Tuesday in a Brooklyn Federal Court, states Delta flight attendants “blatantly ignored” calls for assistance, which included requests to stop serving alcohol to the man.
Flight attendants allegedly served the man 10 vodka cocktails and a glass of wine during the flight, the suit states.
The unidentified man put his hands on the teenager, the suit states, and followed that up by making obscene gestures and demanded her personal information. At one point, the man went to the lavatory to vomit.
The situation escalated with the man inappropriately touching the teen and the mother after flight attendants approached the man and requested he move to a different seat. The alleged victims eventually moved to different seats.
The mother demanded flight attendants contact police but was advised to “calm down and think about it.” Later, the flight attendants offered the victims 5,000 free airline miles for their trouble.
The man walked off the plane without being charged.
The Post reported that Delta officials wouldn’t comment on the pending lawsuit.
