US Track & Field Star Sha’Carri Richardson Refuses to Stop Using her Phone Gets Kicked Off Flight

Via NBC News:
U.S. track and field star Sha’Carri Richardson claims she was removed from an American Airlines plane after she had an argument with a flight attendant.

In a series of posts and stories on her official Instagram, the 22-year-old says that a male flight attendant asked her to get off a phone call, which she did before telling him that she didn't like his tone.

"Following that while standing in front of me doing the safety protocols he continued to lean over to look at my phone," Richardson said in an Instagram story tagging American Airlines. "He asked to see that my phones were in airplane mode at this point. He demanded that me show him. Which I did in front of him."

In a statement, an American Airlines spokesperson said, "We reaccomodated the customer on a later flight and a member of our team has reached out to learn more."

In a video Richardson says was taken after the interaction with the flight attendant, she can be seen taking a video of herself.

"Not working today," she says. "Vacation time."

It's not clear where Richardson was flying to.

Richardson then pans the phone camera over to a flight attendant near her, who is then seen backing away.

“I’m recording me but you jumped in my video so I caught you, because you jumped in my video," Richardson says.

“You can’t record,” the flight attendant is heard saying.

“You’re harassing me at this point so I think you should stop, I think you should stop," Richardson responds.