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Old 15th Nov 2017, 06:55
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Originally Posted by JumpJumpJump
It is worth noting that regardless of her family ties and regardless of the fact that she had previously asked for an upgrade. There was an allegation here of quite a serious sexual offence. It appears that the crew were detained as a part of that investigation as was the gentleman seated next to her, in line with Argentinian law. It is quite possible that the French government is not going to take this any further as that would very easily be construed as an act that wou discourage other women from coming forward in the future were they to be or believe to be in the same situation.
Yes of course, and for goodness sake, imprisoning a crew member for several hours in a 1 mtr x 1 mtr stand up intimidation cell, is quite humane, and I guess fully compliant with Argentine law?
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