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Sandra “Pepa” Denton, 1/2 of Salt-N-Pepa, continues to be shaken and confused by her encounter with Southwest Airways this week, when she says she bought handled like a legal with out displaying any legal habits!!!
It is a perplexing story, for certain — however the “Push It” rapper joined “TMZ Live” Wednesday to offer us her blow-by-blow account of SW pushing her off a flight Monday headed to Nashville from Las Vegas.
Pepa says she bought 2 seats to offer herself further house for an injured knee, however wasn’t sporting her protecting brace when a flight attendant accosted her over the additional seat.
Subsequent factor she knew, a person popped up asking Pepa for her further seat, claiming he was en path to a funeral — however she says when she requested him, eye-to-eye, to verify the funeral story was true … his lip quivered and he refused to take action. She took that to imply he was mendacity.
Pepa tells us earlier than she might course of that fiasco, a flight attendant ordered her off the flight — at which level she began recording on her telephone — and she or he says cops met her within the terminal to escort her exterior.
As for why she was booted … Pepa is confused, telling us she did not yell at anybody. Independently, we spoke to a different passenger — Shannon McCormack was sitting in the identical row and confirmed she by no means noticed Pepa argue in any respect, till she bought the boot.
Shannon says one flight attendant bought upset when Pepa mentioned she was going to report, and instructed her she did not have “consent” to movie. Moments later, she says a unique attendant got here on board and mentioned, “You, Denton, off!”
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Now, Southwest did refund Pepa the $2500 she paid for her 2 seats. The airline tells us police solely bought concerned as a result of as soon as she was refunded, she did not have a sound ticket, and it is customary for cops to escort unticketed folks from the terminal.
Additional, the airline, claims it eliminated her from the flight as a result of she didn’t take heed to a crew member’s directions. We pressed, however SW wouldn’t say what instruction she did not observe. Pepa and Shannon do not know both, and each level out she left the airplane calmly.
Backside line … Pepa says Southwest’s story is not gonna fly along with her attorneys!!!
