A Jewish couple from Michigan is suing American Airlines for discrimination after being booted off a flight last year — claiming the crew raised a stink about their alleged body odor, according to a report.
Yehuda Yosef Adler, Jennie Adler and their 19-month-old daughter were kicked off the Jan. 23, 2019, flight from Miami to Detroit by a gate agent who said he knew Orthodox Jews only bathed once a week, according to the lawsuit, the Detroit Free Press reported.
The lawsuit — filed Tuesday in Texas federal court — cites defamation, emotional distress and discrimination relating to religion. The Adlers are seeking punitive damages in the case, with a scheduling conference set for May 29.
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…”crew raised a stink”…..
Anyone else picked up on that ?
Hope they go after the airline with everything they got. Its amazing how aggressive and out of line the airplane staff behaves some times.
They need to be taught a good lesson once and for all.
Alteh Bucher.
Yes,I hope that they win big time in court.Ithink that everyone should contact American airlines and tell them of our outrage.Its so despicable and if this happened to another minority you would never hear the end of it.
Yossi, hope you win!
This stiory stinkx
A CLEAR CASE OF ANTISEMITISM. WE ALL NEED TO BOYCOTT AMERICAN AIRLINES.
interesting. What does the airline policy say about stomized people?
As of yesterday it was semi clear.
What are stomized people?
An individual with a stoma
Wow, so Matzav is censoring comments again. Your bias is showing.