Sha’Carri Richardson said that after getting into a fight with a flight attendant who was “harassing” her, she was kicked off an American Airlines flight.
The 22-year-old track and field athlete posted multiple videos and photos of the event on Instagram on Saturday. She claimed that when a flight attendant asked her to discontinue a phone call using a “tone” she did not like, the dispute started.
Richardson asserted that following their initial altercation, he allegedly leaned over to the flight attendant’s phone while she was displaying safety protocol and demanding she put it in airplane mode.
Is Sha Carri Richardson out of the Olympics?
She won the Olympic Trials in 2021 but had her victory overturned because she tested positive for marijuana, which is illegal in competition but legal outside of it. She lost in the opening round of the 100-meter race at the nationals the previous year.
How did American Airlines respond to Sha Carri Richardson?
Sha’Carri Richardson, a US sprinter, was expelled from an American Airlines flight following an incident with a flight attendant.