A Black passenger and his white wife are suing American Airlines after they were wrongly accused of human trafficking by a fellow passenger and subsequently reported to law enforcement. The couple claims they were humiliated and questioned by police upon landing in Miami.
A Black passenger who flew with American Airlines in 2022 claims in a lawsuit that he and his white wife were wrongly imprisoned after crew members reported to local authorities that they suspected him of trafficking his wife.
Katsiaryna Shasholka and Anthony Williams in a photo provided by the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida, where their lawsuit was filed.Williams and his wife say they were humiliated and confused as other passengers walked past them as they were made to wait at the airport, according to the lawsuit. The two were then questioned together by police.
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