The woman slapped and spat on a passenger on a Delta flight from Tampa to Atlanta on December 23 for not wearing a mask.
It is about the actress Patricia Cornwall. The woman is a resident of Los Angeles, California, and now faces at least one Federal assault charge for allegedly hitting and spitting on another passenger on a Delta airline flight last weeknational media reported on Tuesday.
Patricia Cornwall was arrested on December 23 by the Atlanta, Georgia Police, after she had a fight with another passenger in the middle of a flight between Tampa (Florida) and that city.
The shares of Cornwall, 51, were caught in a video circulating on social media. The Footage shows the woman slapping a passenger during a mask discussion.
Karen goes ballistic, assaults man mid-flight for not wearing a mask (he had taken it off to eat). She is restrained by flight attendants, then arrested when the Delta flight landed in Atlanta. pic.twitter.com/f4BRKMNl1h
— Mike Sington (@MikeSington) December 27, 2021
According to the criminal complaint cited by the newspaper “The Washington Post” on Tuesday, Cornwall was upset that she could not return to her seat after going to the bathroom because the drink cart was blocking the aisle.
The woman reportedly became angry when asked to sit in another seat as the service concluded, to which she replied, “What am I Rosa Parks?” In reference to the civil rights pioneer.
A passenger told her that this was an inappropriate comment since she “She is not black, this is not Alabama and not a bus”, and they both ended up arguing about the use of the mask, which she wore around her neck, before he told her “Sit down, Karen.” Cornwall then allegedly hit the passenger on the head with a clenched fist and spat at him.
The term “Karen” has been used derisively in the United States to describe pushy white women who make unsubstantiated claims.
Cornwall, who first appeared in court on Monday, he could face up to a year in prison and a fine of up to $ 100,000.
The video of the fight posted on Twitter this Tuesday has more than 8.8 million views.
The US Federal Aviation Administration says it received 5,553 reports of unruly behavior in 2021, a vast majority related to the use of a mask.
Her days as an actress
In 1996 he started in the entertainment world with small roles in the series “Married With Children” y “Baywatch”.
In Baywatch, she played Petra in the episode “The Contest,” while in Married with Children she had a role as “Pilgrim Girl” in the episode “Calendar Girl” that aired on February 4, 1996.
Then continued on Playboy: Cheerleaders (as herself) and in Playboy: Women Behaving Badly in the “All wet” scene. Cornwall also had an appearance in Playboy Germany in 1998, Infobae highlights. (I)
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