Sandra “Pepa” Denton was left grounded in Vegas this AM after a Southwest Airways crew deemed her a security danger on their flight!
The Salt-N-Pepa rap legend tells TMZ Hip Hop she was on a flight from Las Vegas to Nashville for a gathering — a flight she takes continuously as a result of it is the one direct one.
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On account of a earlier knee damage from a 2018 automobile crash, she paid for two seats and used the providers of a greeter for wheelchair help.
As soon as seated on the airplane, Pepa says a flight attendant knowledgeable her she wasn’t allowed to have each seats as a result of she wasn’t in a solid.
She was sporting a knee brace, although, due to the knee damage.
After some backwards and forwards, the FA allowed Pepa to maintain the 2 seats she had paid for, as her knee brace was in her possession.
Shortly after, a person arrived and requested Pepa to present him her 2nd seat, claiming he was headed to a funeral.
Whereas explaining to the passenger the additional seat was due to her damage, different passengers started arguing if she ought to quit the seat or preserve it as a result of she paid for it.
Pepa tells us she requested the person if he would swear he was really going to a funeral, and he refused. One way or the other, he nonetheless obtained the seat.
She referred to as her assistant on the cellphone and steered she needs to be recording the entire ordeal however after a couple of minutes, she was faraway from the flight with no cause given.
After she obtained off the airplane, Pepa says Southwest informed her she was eliminated as a result of she was recording and so they did not really feel protected flying along with her — though, for the document, Pepa says she by no means truly recorded on the airplane.
Now, she was capable of reschedule her assembly in Nashville, and Southwest reimbursed her the $2500 for her 2 seats. The unhealthy information is she’s SOL for the $300 she paid for the greeter and $500 for the automobile service she by no means obtained to make use of.
Southwest tells TMZ Hip Hop that preliminary studies from their groups point out Pepa didn’t reply to crew member directions, and denied her boarding to make sure the protection and luxury of different passengers.
Pepa tells us she’ll actually be exploring her authorized choices concerning any potential ADA violations towards flyers with disabilities.
In response to her, Southwest brokers tried to maneuver her into the bulkhead emergency row, which she declined. Keep in mind, her boarding passes had been marked “disabled” … so, if there have been an emergency, she could not help!!!
