Flight Attendant Accused of Smuggling Rats in her Underwear

A Long Island flight attendant is suing American Airlines after she claims she was falsely accused of carrying rats on board a flight… in her pants.

We’ve heard of passengers smuggling live animals onto airplanes, like that guy who carried rare monkeys in his pants and that other guy whose snake got loose on a plane (unfortunately, Samuel L. Jackson did not come to save the day), but this is the first we’ve heard of a flight attendant sneaking an animal to the skies.

But Louann Giambattista, a flight attendant with American Airlines, has been accused of just that. More specifically, of smuggling her pet rats onto planes by hiding them in her underwear.

According to the New York Post, Giambattista is accused of carrying rats on board on several occasions; one pilot claims he saw a bulge in her pocket and believed it to be a live pet, while another flight attendant said she believes she saw Giambattista feeding a rat on a flight from St. Martin to Miami.

Giambattista was searched upon landing in Florida, but no furry friends were found. Regardless, she claims a flag was placed on her passport and she was blacklisted and subject to searches every time she passed through customs. She is now suing the airline, claiming the incident gave her “debilitating anxiety” and symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder.

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