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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Travel
Justin Rohrlich

Passenger attacked in viral hair-pulling incident sues Southwest, blaming the airline’s ‘free-for-all’ seating policy

Leanna Perry (in red hat) is being sued by the passenger she targeted in a June 17 brawl over seating aboard a Southwest Airlines flight - (TikTok/@leahkay1010)

An “intoxicated” Brooklyn artist arrested on charges she assaulted a fellow passenger aboard a Southwest Airlines plane, pulling the astonished victim’s hair before spitting in her face, is now facing further legal woes stemming from the ugly altercation.

In a lawsuit filed Monday in New York State Supreme Court and obtained first by The Independent, Kansas resident Livia Rombola says Leanna Perry not only injured her physically in the wild incident, but left her emotionally distressed and psychologically traumatized after bystander video of the brawl went viral.

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