Unnamed NFL files suit claiming sexual assault, harassment on plane

An unidentified NFL player has filed suit against United Airlines alleging he was sexually assaulted and harassed on a flight.

An unidentified NFL player has filed suit against United Airlines, alleging he was sexually harassed, assaulted and violated by a female passenger on a Feb. 10 flight from Los Angeles to Newark, NJ.

The civil suit, filed in Los Angeles County Superior Court on Monday, seeks unspecified statutory and punitive damages from the airline. The player — and another male passenger — state the airline failed to properly respond to complaints, according to Bleacher Report.

Bleacher Report’s Master Tesfatsion reported the player, who’s listed in the complaint as John Doe 1, filed the suit in coordination with another male passenger (John Doe 2). They allege four complaints were made against a female passenger sitting in the same row for “unwanted sexual advances” before flight attendants moved her.

The men are suing United, the lawsuit says, because the airline refused to give them the name of the woman, the flight attendants, and potential witnesses and because the airline failed to follow policies to respond to sexual harassment and assault on the 10 flight.

The lawsuit alleges that United’s failure to have or enforce adequate policies and procedures for the prevention of and response to in-flight sexual assaults is a breach of its duty to protect and care for its passengers.