United pilot ‘attacked and dragged passenger out of airplane lavatory together with his pants down for taking too lengthy on bathroom’

A passenger on a United Airlines flight claimed he was forcibly dragged from an airplane bathroom with his pants down by a pilot who broke the lock of the door for taking too long. 

Yisroel Liebb, 20, was on the first leg of his journey home to New Jersey with the airline, but was led away in handcuffs when they landed in Houston after a humiliating ordeal caused him to be ripped from the airplane bathroom with his genitals exposed. 

Liebb said he suffered physical injuries, extreme emotional distress and anxiety, and in the complaint obtained by The Independent, he added that he felt ‘sexually violated and embarrassed after having been publicly expose in the nude.’  

The passenger said he had got up from his seat to use the toilet about half an hour into the journey from Tulum, Mexico to Houston, where he was then scheduled for a connecting flight to New York. 

Around 20 minutes later, a flight attendant woke up Liebb’s neighbor and fellow traveler Jacob Sebbag to check on Liebb. 

Sebbag, 21, knocked on the door and asked if Liebb was alright, to which he replied that he was ‘experiencing constipation’ and would be out shortly, The Independent reported. 

The complaint states that ‘Sebbag relayed this to the stewardess and returned to his seat.’ 

Yet, 10 minutes later the pilot approached Sebbag and asked that he join him to ‘once again try and get Liebb out,’ the complaint added. 

Yisroel Liebb, 20, was on his way home to New Jersey with United Airlines but was led away in handcuffs when they landed in Houston after a humiliating ordeal caused him to be ripped from the airplane bathroom with his genitals exposed

‘The pilot became visibly enraged, broke the lock on the door and forced the door to the bathroom open, pulling Liebb out of the bathroom with his pants still around his ankles, exposing his genitalia to Sebbag, several flight attendants, and the nearby passengers on the plane,’ the complaint continued

The pilot, however, ‘began yelling loudly at Liebb, demanding that he leave the bathroom immediately,’ before ‘loudly demanding that [Sebbag] force Liebb out of the bathroom,’ the complaint stated. 

Liebb responded that he was ‘okay, that he was finishing up, and that he would be out momentarily,’ it furthered. 

‘The pilot became visibly enraged, broke the lock on the door and forced the door to the bathroom open, pulling Liebb out of the bathroom with his pants still around his ankles, exposing his genitalia to Sebbag, several flight attendants, and the nearby passengers on the plane,’ the complaint continued. 

Liebb, according to the complaint, quickly pulled his pants back up to his waist but had injured his head and legs when they smacked into the door frame of the bathroom. 

‘With Sebbag leading Liebb, the pilot proceeded to repeatedly push the [two] back to their seats while making threats of getting [them] arrested and making scathing remarks about their Judaism, and how “Jews act,”‘ the complaint furthered, the outlet reported. 

The two Orthodox Jewish passengers were robed in religious attire at the time of the incident. 

As they landed in Houston, Customs and Border Patrol Officers boarded the plane ordering all passengers to stay in their seats before approaching the two passengers and placing them in handcuffs, the complaint said. 

‘While being escorted form the plane, Liebb stated that the [two of them] have a legal right to know why they are being detained,’ but the ‘CBP agents… responded that “this isn’t county or state, we are Homeland [Security], you have no rights here,’ the complaint furthered. 

The pilot, however, ‘began yelling loudly at Liebb, demanding that he leave the bathroom immediately,’ before ‘loudly demanding that [Sebbag] force Liebb out of the bathroom,’ the complaint stated

‘While being escorted form the plane, Liebb stated that the [two of them] have a legal right to know why they are being detained,’ but the ‘CBP agents… responded that “this isn’t county or state, we are Homeland [Security], you have no rights here,’ the complaint furthered

The two passengers were then allegedly placed in a detention facility inside the terminal. 

Liebb alleged that after becoming annoyed with his question’s, one of the officers tightened Liebb’s handcuffs ‘to the point that he verbally spoke out against the pain.’ 

The complaint said that Liebb ‘pleaded’ with the officer and pointed out he was ‘cooperating fully’ and insisted he was ‘not a threat.’ 

It further alleged that the two passengers were put into separate cells and handcuffed to tables, while they and their luggage were ‘subjected to intrusive, unconsented, unwarranted and unreasonable searches.’ 

Both were released without charges but missed their connecting flight back to New York which took off whilst they were still detained, The Independent reported. 

They were rebooked for free the next day but had to pay for food and a hotel during the delay ‘essentially negating the price of the complimentary flight.’ 

Both also claim they suffered ‘severe wrist pain’ which ‘persisted for days afterward’ due to the handcuffs being placed on too tightly. 

The two passengers are seeking damages to be determined at trial, in addition to attorney’s fees.  

 United Airlines did not immediately respond to DailyMail.com’s request for comment.