Originally Posted by
dawgdriver
Not referring to this particular case, or playing barracks lawyer, but shouldn't common sense dictate that if two consenting adults, KNOWINGLY opt to pay $11.00 for UNLIMITED alcohol, subsequently get smashed (helloooo..), and jump in bed (never happens...), they assume equal responsibility for the outcome? Given two people's conscious decision(s) to over-indulge, thereby accepting all potential risks/outcomes, shouldn't they share equal responsibility? Should it matter who cries foul first?
Errors in judgement and crimes committed under the influence, like DUI, aren't excused due to the impaired judgement of the perpetrator.
Don't forget, there is a three hour gap between when they left the concierges room, and when the flight attendant saw them drunk in the hallway, and called the company. That gap in time is what made the drugging story suspicious to me. It's very possible she wanted to stay out drinking, and he had to drag her back to the hotel room. The people who know the captain personally, say he has impeccable character.