Originally Posted by
Mesabah
There is no physical evidence in this case. That's the entire point. She is suing Alaska based of a set of he said, she said. There are no criminal charges against the captain. Is her story plausible, hell no. Did she get drunk, and the captain take advantage of her, probably, but drugging her takes it to a whole new level, and there is no evidence at all of that. The only thing to go on is well known drug effects described in medical reference manuals, which I did.
What about her age relates anything to drinking tolerance.
Oh I guarantee you there will be physical evidence and witnesses. You'd be amazed at how much scrutiny of crews there are on layovers at hotels these days. For liability reasons these hotels are wired and cammed out the wazoo. Plus hotel employees know who the crews are and keep an eye on what is going on. I guarantee there were hotel employees present in the Concierge room that witnessed what happened and how much she drank. Apparently the FAs were in the room as well. The other thing I guarantee is as soon as the "First Officer" was called, the company called hotel management and had them take pictures and go through everything in their rooms once they checked out.
Further in order to believe in a coverup, you would have to buy the fact that the outside attorney they hired to investigate is complicit. Somehow I don't buy the idea that Marcella Reed, an African American female attorney, with a 25 year career as a employment lawyer with emphasis in diversity issues, harassment issues, workplace violence, and developed the diversity program for Boeing would find evidence of drugging and rape, and then cover it up. It just doesn't wash. If this lady found credible evidence of sexual assault this guy would be gone. She's not going to risk her reputation for this guy or Alaska Airlines.
Hopefully her report will be made public either in discovery or Alaska may have to release it somehow given the public nature of these accusations.