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Hermès Heir Gets Crotchety on Flight
According to the NY Times, an heir to the Hermès fashion fortune got a little too touchy feely on a recent Air France Flight. It's an odd episode that involves drinking, crotch grabbing and excessive restraints.
Mathias Guerrand-Hermès sidled up to a young mademoiselle in first class. She was a bit put off by this and woke her husband, who was - not so shockingly - similarly unamused by Mr. Guerrand-Hermès' advances.
Guerrand-Hermès refused to listen to a flight attendant's request to return to his seat so she summoned the captain. And here's where things go from uncomfortable to erotic. When approached by the captain, Guerrand-Hermès decided his best mode of defense was the ol' crotch grab. Thankfully, the captain was able to withstand this awkward maneuver and Guerrand-Hermès was eventually subdued in his seat. By three (male) flight attendants. And handcuffs. And shackles. And by being tied down.
Guerrand-Hermès claims that he mixed Propofan (a prescription drug similar to aspirin) with "quite a bit of alcohol." I'm no doctor, but that sounds like a bad idea. But since the label didn't say, "Side effects include lewd advances on married women and homoerotic attack strikes," can you really blame him for the mix-up?
One can only hope that this bad publicity doesn't hurt his career as a socialite and polo player.
Filed under: Airlines, Transportation, News
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
JoJo Oct 19th 2008 8:17PM
Um, I think you mean LEWD, not lude.
Lizard Oct 19th 2008 8:32PM
I'm just shocked that a male "fashion heir" was hitting on a woman. Must've been some pretty good hootch that he was drinking. If I were the husband, I would've kicked the sh!t out of him. Sort of like when a quarterback sees a penalty on the other team just after getting the ball snapped to him. You can throw a long bomb cause you have nothing to lose. Beat the preppy to a pulp. No one would convict you.
susan Oct 19th 2008 8:57PM
Jo Jo--very funny!! Unless of course Qualudes were involved...I guess just another rich boy thinking he can get whatever he wants when he wants it..