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Flight attendant suing pastor Joel Osteen's wife for pre-flight assault
A civil trial pitting a Continental Airlines flight attendant against the wife of Joel Osteen, America's most popular preacher, began Wednesday in Houston, Texas.
In the suit, the flight attendant, Sharon Brown, is accusing Victoria Osteen of shoving her against an airplane bathroom door and elbowing her in the left breast before a 2005 flight from Houston to Vail. The dispute was allegedly over a stain on Ms. Osteen's first-class seat.
Although the FAA has already fined Ms. Osteen $3,000 for interfering with a crew member, Ron Hardin, Ms. Osteen's lawyer, denies her client did anything wrong. "This is a very silly case," he says.
If she wins the suit, Ms. Brown wants only an apology from Ms. Osteen . No, I'm kidding-- she actually wants ten percent of her net worth too.
I'd take an elbow to the left breast for that.
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Reader Comments (Page 2 of 2)
truthfirst Aug 13th 2008 8:40PM
Ok Ann. I see that you did not want a reply. You know exactly what happen and way Ms Brown was pushed because you were there. How cn you make a statement like that?? You were not there to know what happened and how someone was or was not pushed. You are siding with someone who is lying. You cannot sit or stand there and say a statement like that!! Get over yourself!!! She is a weak, no good person who is seeking for someone to pay her way through life. So, what Mrs Olsteen is demanding and expected great services or has had attitudes!! Is that a reason to try and get her back by making up such a lie that she actually assaulted you when she did not. If, the things that are said about her attitudes are true then she needs an attitude adjustment to learn humilitate. But, she does not need to be accused of such things are far out. Shoveing, grabbing and running to the cockpit to try and get in. Why? Why does she need to try and get into cockpit. Like I said, Ms Brown was angry at Mrs Olsteen's attitude and she made her feel bad about herself. But, all this is not called for. She is an evil person and I hope that she gets back double time what she is putting out. God don't like false accussers. She needs to get a job, liar !!!!!!!!! It appears to me that she might have already had medical issues and she could not afford to not work. So, this is her opportunity to get out of working. Stupid!! It is not worth it. No one gave her a bad stomach but herself. She was carrying the weight of the lie inside of her. Everyone knows that lies eats away at you. Everyone knows that lie is a disease. You have to sit and worry if you are going to get caught and rehearse the story over and over again. It eats at you. Lying must have caused her problem. Why would the situation caused her to have hemmroids??? She is the one who made a big deal about the whole thing. It's not the Olsteens were hasseling her or anything. They went on with their life and thought everything was fine. She is the one who brought the suit and she had to deal with getting her story straight. What pressure must it be to live with herself knowing that she is lying.
judy, nyc Aug 13th 2008 10:56PM
dear truthfirst - i am sorry that my comment upset you. i truly didn't think it would affect anyone , but i am always on the side of working people. workers, are not servants of the rich, at least not in america and not yet. the only way to have a level field is the way ms. brown has gone. through the courts. as such, she and mrs. olsteen are both regular citizens, each free to tell their side of this dreadful and nasty occurrence. a judge and jury decide the outcome. it is not acceptable for mrs. olsteen to abuse anyone verbally or otherwise. if she put her hands on ms. brown, that's assault. i think mrs. olsteen has gotten off very lightly so far since she was not charged criminally or spent time in jail. ms. brown has every right to seek compensation for having been terrorized by mrs. olsteen, making her nervous, sick and causing her to suffer, and unable to go to work. i understand that the olsteens have now bought their own private plane. that is a good thing, considering mrs. olsteens out of control tantrums. i suggest that the next time she has one of these, she bang her head against the wall instead of attempting to make someone else her victim. ms. brown, much to her credit, turned out to be the wrong victim.
Gordon Aug 14th 2008 7:39AM
This saga is just another version of the Duke University lacrosse players case. A black woman makes outrageous charges against a white person; the news media puts the case in one ring of its circus; sensible people are enraged; blacks confirm their attitudes of entitlement to whites' wealth; and the judicial system cowers before political correctness by refusing to throw out the case puruant to the rule de minimis non curat lex. So, why should anyone be surprised that this insignificant, bogus case seeking undeserved and unearned rewards, has morphed into a federal case? Mrs. Osteen should counterclaim for nuisance; negligent infliction of mental distress; breach of contract to provide a flight free from rude, hostile employee conduct; violation of FAA rules prohibiting the admission of an animal on board other than a seeing eye dog; and, excessive niggerfication of the airline business.
kim Aug 14th 2008 8:41AM
As soon as I heard that 10% of Osteen's wife's net worth was being asked for, I figured that this was a pretty bogus case and all about a fast buck.
The attorney and the flight attendant should be ashamed of themselves. Obviously they're not.
Gina Aug 14th 2008 3:46PM
August 14, 2008
The flight attendant, Sharon Brown, who launched the false law suit against Mrs. Osteen to get money she doesn't deserve, says the incident ruined her life. However, now that she has been exposed as a fraud, it would be poetic justice if as a result of her greed and dishonesty, she gets her life ruined now. She should be prosecuted, and sent to jail for making this false claim.
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