Man accused of slapping Delta flight attendant’s buttocks is hit with federal charge

(NEXSTAR) – A Delta passenger who is accused of slapping a flight attendant’s buttocks has been indicted on a federal charge in Georgia, according to court documents.

The alleged incident took place on a Delta Air Lines flight from Fort Lauderdale, Florida, to Los Angeles on May 9. That flight was diverted to Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport in Atlanta, where a passenger identified as Cody James Maluck was detained and later transported to the Atlanta City Detention Center, according to a criminal complaint filed in the U.S. District Court, Northern District of Georgia.

The flight attendant, identified as “P.L.L.” in the complaint, claims she was taking passengers’ beverage orders and skipped over Maluck, thinking he was asleep. But she alleges that a moment later, she felt a “slap to her buttocks area with sufficient force to cause her body to move forward,” she told an air marshal who responded to the........

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