Flight 'Sex' Couple Faces Federal Charges
California Man And Woman Indicted For 'Overt Sexual Activity' On Flight To Raleigh, N.C.
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Carl Warren Persing, of Lakewood, Calif., and Dawn Elizabeth Sewell, of Huntington Beach, Calif., were indicted on charges of interfering with flight crew members during their Sept. 15 Southwest Airlines flight from Los Angeles.
According to court documents, flight attendants saw Persing and Sewell kissing, embracing and "acting in a manner that made other passengers uncomfortable" while the plane was stopped in Phoenix.
A flight attendant asked them to stop. They obeyed initially but resumed the behavior during the flight from Phoenix to Raleigh, authorities said.
When the flight attendant again requested them to stop, Persing allegedly told the flight attendant: "I'm going to give you one warning to get out of my face."
Persing and Sewell continued the verbal harassment after a flight attendant refused to serve Persing alcohol, according to court documents.
Law enforcement officials were waiting for the couple when they arrived at Raleigh-Durham International Airport. Messages left by The Associated Press for Persing and Sewell's attorneys were not returned.
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See all 43 CommentsOn that note, go back to your cart and get me a drink so I can deal with you for the rest of the flight!!!
I think we already have lost our human rights to our own selves in this world
The passengers in question probably had too much to drink anyway and were refused service.
Anyone who flies knows that you don't get the attendants upset, so they were asking to get bounced. If you can't control your urges in public 'get a room' and grow up.
Who are we to judge another person or persons anyway? What may be wrong in our culture may not be wrong in another.
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