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HOUSTON, Texas (AP) -- She's the wife of a renowned evangelical pastor and one of the leaders of a Houston megachurch, but Victoria Osteen is being accused of behavior that wasn't very Christian.

Opening arguments were set for Thursday in a lawsuit that accuses Victoria Osteen of assaulting Continental Airlines flight attendant Sharon Brown before the start of a 2005 flight from Houston to Vail, Colorado.

Full story:
http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/08/07/osteen ... topstories

hemorrhoids?

I have got so many lawsuits backlogged that I could pursue for...

nevermind.

juliea344 wrote:hemorrhoids?

It would seem that the plaintiff's lawyers are trying to establish a new medical principle that being a PITA can be contagious.

themanintheseersuckersuit wrote:

juliea344 wrote:hemorrhoids?

It would seem that the plaintiff's lawyers are trying to establish a new medical principle that being a PITA can be contagious.

Well, heck, we know that.

ba da bing ba da boom

Jury finds for the defendant passenger.
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,404061,00.html

I was expecting that seeing as the pilot and four other passengers flying in the first class cabin testified for the defense.

I have no doubt she might have been rude, but not $400,000 dollars worth of rude.

I think, after hearing tons about this, that Ms. Osteen was probably guilty of being a major bitch with a diva complex - but not of assault. Certainly not of assault warranting that kind of dough.

FWIW, I hear that this FA also attempted to sue an airport employee for assault once as well several years ago. But that could be just a rumor.

Horrible Headline on that article.

She was not found "Not Guilty." She was found "Not Liable."

That doesn't even mean that she didn't contact the flight attendant in an offensive and potentially harmful manner. It could just meant that the Jury believed there was no Harm (also called Damages), and therefore no Tort.

marrymeflyfree wrote:I think, after hearing tons about this, that Ms. Osteen was probably guilty of being a major bitch with a diva complex - but not of assault. Certainly not of assault warranting that kind of dough.

FWIW, I hear that this FA also attempted to sue an airport employee for assault once as well several years ago. But that could be just a rumor.

Claudia Hall, a former Continental flight attendant, testified by video deposition that she was falsely accused by Brown of hitting and pushing her into the bathroom wall of a plane in November 1995.

themanintheseersuckersuit wrote:

Claudia Hall, a former Continental flight attendant, testified by video deposition that she was falsely accused by Brown of hitting and pushing her into the bathroom wall of a plane in November 1995.

Yikes...don't want to fly with her in turbulence!