Originally Posted by
Mesabah
The captain can simply say they were drinking for hours, she got drunk, and disorderly, he dragged her up to his room to sober her up to prevent the company from being embarrassed, and she fought him along the way. He can claim no sexual assault took place, and her fighting with him was to get back to the bar, etc.
This is why a criminal investigation is necessary.
Preventing embarrassment is not a legal justification for assault, unlawful detention, or kidnapping. If he admits that, he's going to jail.
For all we know the local jurisdiction already considered and rejected criminal charges due to lack of evidence or lack of a solid case.
There are jurisdiction issues here. Maybe her attorney wanted to sue the company and not the CA because he's admitted in WA, not MN. Anything between the two pilots, civil or criminal, would be in MN jurisdiction since that's where it happened. Employer/ employee matters would be in WA.