on October 14th 2023 officers were called to the airport regarding a man who was physically abusing his girlfriend before boarding and the duration of the flight multiple Witnesses on the flight stated that the man was extremely belligerent towards her to the point where he took off his watch and threw it at her here's what some of the witnesses [Music] said how was your flight good what happened so we OB him even before boarded in the jet wi they had pulled him to the side was being belligerent towards her at that point in Mexico yes okay lug they were second luggage okay I don't know so he was seated directly behind us she had her face in the window just in tears [ __ ] her face the window the window slam the window and scrap it across face mhm one of the other guys said kept hitting on a knee I don't know that M was there physical at some point did you witness that to me here's where it got physical to me it wasn't you know a Full Assault but he would get in their face and hold their face and just wh her ear okay okay so once he was was grabbing her bringing her okay once we confronted him uhhuh we get as a church M he was talking loud to begin with it's fine uhhuh but once we confronted him he got quiet once to sleep okay once he woke up what how do you confront him like what do you tell him well the flight attendants and two or three other guys came and said look you going to have to move or let her go somewhere else and we're not going nowhere her and asked her she she's terrified can I ID so um once you woke up that's when he got to whisper in and pull in pull in her clothes and Whispering so what do you guys wi this we were behind them we actually so you guys were in front of them you guys behind them one that was next to what you saw and I was directly behind him he was to my right the other gentleman was to our left um so when I saw they saw he was in the woman's face and then we stood up to kind of keep an eye on her and when they were sit right yeah correct and then he took his watch off and threw his watch at her and then he was all her face and then you could see she was clearly so when when he threw his sash out when he hit her he went address him what he where he threw at though he threw it at he threw it at so he hit him he hit her with the watch yes okay where you know it was at at the lower body and um the other gentleman um he saw the um individual hit the woman in the leg several times I I didn't see it but the other guy next to us he saw and he was to the can you point it can you point it my sister I did not see the watch but I did see him backhand her in the arm and I also when they had got up to go to the flight attendance she was pushed against the window and he was obviously making her very uncomfortable and then went grabs in for a kiss and she the whole time is doing this Tears In Her Eyes intoxicated I was the one that was set right behind her as soon as we got onto the boat plane her forehead was against the window the entire time trying to avoid him well there's been there's probably three or four times he slipper whole the entire time working outside well there's that lip you know close the he slam it and go straight down her face while her forehead was on it okay multiple times tried to grab her hair pull her hair back close the window all sorts that's what I said sir can you please stop man' you I was right behind her right behind I was right behind yeah we got a little cold in here I was about being earlier I couldn't hear the I thought I heard see you next Tuesday St I ever been on so then they caught my ear dri what what time did this happen when at the beginning the beginning of the flight I mean this is really majority of the entire entirety of the flight besides maybe the last 40 minutes fell asleep after you guys stood there yeah right the first before we boarded when we first Ed the jet W they were off to the side and having problems before weed s just about to say that at the airport in Mexico her suitcase like I guess got selected to be like rechecked or whatever and so I saw him like At first come in and he's like oh hey whatever and the the gate workers they were like you're weird like get out of my face you're having too much fun so he kind of stepped to the side they were checking her stuff and I was in the back of the line so I like didn't hear anything but I could physically see him yelling at the gate workers and at his wife like he just looked super pissed and like really upset that her suitcase just happened to get searched again but it caught my eye even from far away I was like why is this guy like you could tell he was like hands and like yelling yeah and I was at the airport in Mexico before we got on the plane so he was already pissed and I asked her if she wanted to switch spots with me she said no it's just going to make things worse I said he just drunk she goes a drink a lot this happens a good bit but you know she appeared to be intoxicated I no she seemed fine she she was just more scared just scared I mean but the amount of times he was hitting her in the ribs jabing her hitting her in the leg pulling on her hair just slamming the the window on her face cuz I mean you know you have that lip you pull it down go straight down her face I almost lost my cool but I wouldn't want I didn't want to be the one standing over there I don't I don't do that [ __ ] no it don't trans woman that's but it happened way too he went to the bathroom I ma' what do you need me to do cuz I was telling this man is cussing this woman out my husband my husband alerted theight okay I think that's all for now you guys are going to go to immigration if I need you guys later I'll catch you I always catch you through immigration if I do I'm probably going to call you from this number that's fine okay that's fine okay okay it's going to be 3459 just Pi out for information thank you appreciate thank you appreciate it guys thank you thank you for interv thank you I'm sorry this is really embarrassing really entertain and what was it just a verbal argument or did get physical what exactly happened I know he he closed he closed the shade down in my face but that was that he closed it the shade the window shade yeah I was like resting my head on it and I know the guy behind me St no okay so it wasn't like he no no not at all I was fine okay I promise okay he had too much tequila before we left for the airport we had way too much layover time he drank too much okay I'm sorry I'm really sorry about this how embarrassing just want to go get to the hotel room and go to sleep understand but we so just I know I understand do our I understand and you said that that your boyfriend or just yeah is uh I'm assuming this isn't your final destination you have a connecting no we're going to Florida tomorrow yeah oh tomorrow yeah we're staying at the hotel tonight in Dallas okay yeah the Hyatt I think okay yeah all right so at least you don't have a connect any I just want to pour him into a hotel bed be done with today you know yeah did you stay in PTO via how was it was Ice trip beautiful yeah so beautiful that was my first time out the country you have any marks or anything on your face or anything any like bruising on your face or no do I no I'm not wearing makeup the bruise are fire might be tired no I just want to see like there's sced just Kidd there's light oh yeah the light I'm just wanted to take a better look she's saying uh yeah a verbal argument he had a lot to drink she started the argument by saying you have too much tequila need to calm down and then um he reached over her while she was sleeping and slammed the the door shade I mean like the window shade yeah so I brought her into like the other room where there's more light to see like like visually expect that there's any bruising redness Cuts or anything face is fine there's no bruising swelling Cuts or anything on her face she's not set she's pretty much saying that it never got physic he never touched her he slammed the uh the um just that window shade and the people behind her you know were chattering so she thinks that you know what they think they saw was right what's their relationship you know boyfriend girlfriend sir so tell what happened from the plane I since the beginning half of it I don't remember I honestly why can you not remember I way too much to kill okay that how much how much is way too much I don't I honestly don't remember other than that okay if I give you a story it would be uh Telltale because way too much to killer I was trying to back home that was it I don't I don't have anything that to tell you okay so what happened before the plane before you boarded the plane nothing nothing no okay just tell me what happened you don't remember anything at all I did honestly I just had too much to k i don't nothing at all cuz you don't tell me what's going on or what can you remember then I'm just going to go off what the witnesses said and what she said no you can ask care I I just honestly I I way too much trying to come home and that was it I wasn't I didn't mean to be mean to her B to her I love her to death I didn't I'm not trying to tell you anything I just honestly don't remember was a black out okay so I was told that you you were having an argument even before you got boarded the plane right that you were being disorderly you you were being belligerent while you were being loud I'm being left and right you cannot remember any of that so how come people do remember that was drun I was like way way drk mhm ever are you guys in a dating relationship yeah yeah for how long year I've known her for six years been dating for like a year and you yeah no that's you you can ask her that was C and assault I would honestly never tou that right have a driver's license or just a passport on you she has she has my driver's I have one she has has yeah yeah chance all our ideas mhm I could be dick as a drunk I would never disrespect her you say how long you guys been in a relationship for a year oh okay what's your address I feel like [ __ ] idiot to even have this conversation it's embarrassing listen I know I get it I get it but I feel embarrassed you don't remember getting into an argument with her on the plane either no no I know I was drunk ass all I have no I can't I can give you five stories none of which would be accurate cuz I don't remember that when when did you have your last um drink Mexico Mexico I I was so like what what time I I don't honestly was it what time I'd have to look back I was doing just shots at trying before you got on the plane yeah I don't think there's nothing El I was lit and anything else accurate honestly as Amanda that's can't so so what would you rate your intoxication level right now 10 being the most you now yeah 10 being the most you ever been drunk in your life zero oh that's completely sober zero I wouldn't Dr right now am I free to walk and go yes no driving i' put me at a five right sex hungry sex I eat that's a t to I haven't eaten but I wouldn't drive I'm not a harm to anybody I apologize I have you ever had any history in the past oh my God no you've never been arrested before at DUI how long ago was that 15 years ago 10 years ago something yeah no nothing recent I don't beat Amanda I so I just SP to FBI Waton explain that I explain you he said um just write up her report let him go he wouldn't need something more forceful does she have any injuries on her nothing I took her into like the wellit area on the other side did we photograph her though I didn't photograph yeah let's make sure we photograph her just to show and so two independent Witnesses say that he did assault her they yes that they saw some physical contact with with the wax and the window L okay and it was intentional and her I I spoke to her side is that when they were getting on the plane he was drinking tequila in Mexico and she was drunk and they started getting into a fight that basically she was was well verbal about H drinking too much tequila and when uh he reached over and slammed the shade I said did he contact you did he get physical did he strike you at any point she she keeps saying no and like I said I prer into like a well in area and just not not even scratch on the face yeah how's his actions he's he's he's saying he doesn't remember anything he said he was drinking he's admitting to drinking in in Mexico that he was really drunk um but now he's like he's too like he's so you know um he's with it he's just like keep saying I'm compl completely embarass that we going through this um any odor of alcohol very faint cuz my deal is is he still danger to someone else yeah you know I don't need him falling over this and that because we've had in two two independent Witnesses yeah and that's the deal yeah especially cuz they are still catching a different flight that that probably tomorrow they're flying yeah they're staying in airport one of the airport um hotels or something near the woman is saying that they're not going to take a taxi that is something in their property that's what I'm talking but they're not going to take a taxi she's asking me like he's going to get rested what's going on so I'm sorry I'm just waiting for somebody else but I can tell you I'm T Ortiz I'm the manager am they're find with us anymore no time because we're going to put them on no flight basis not only no go no flight basis yeah cuz it was a I mean every passenger that was coming out thank you that was a big deal and then I have how many uh Witnesses do you guys ended up into cuz I have five night I have five names two I think the ones that were sitting in front and the on sitting behind so with that is enough for us to get him off yeah off and like out like maybe United Spirit something but not I hear you I hear you no um obviously I haven't spoken with him and we don't need him falling over anything like that just with his assault of history on the flight if he's still smelling alcohol I think we need to keep him separated and to prevent any further violence we just take him in for pi so thank and uh so they're both going to be banned right yeah both of them yeah cuz we cannot prent her and then yeah if he if drink can contributed to this then he can take r with us all right thank so I'm going to give you my phone number if you guys can text me the case number yeah cool I really appreciate see so what what's your plan for tonight what what's going to happen we let you go with her I'm going to eat we're going to go to bed at the high we're both right here and tomorrow we fly to Jersey guys there is nothing in the world tomorrow tomorrow you flying into Jersey first time oh Florida sorry Florida I'm from joria yeah actually you can go ask turn not even me there there's no I drank too much to kill on a plane that was a I was a dick or jerk or whatever you want to say there there's nothing you can ask her MH you're drinking on the flight I drank way before the flight did I drink in the flight honestly I I probably did I don't you don't I dude tequila way too much no at my s do you know what time you left Mexico yeah time was the flight it's an approximate two I don't know I i' have to honestly really think right now I'm you know what time it is right now after two no right now what time look my watch I don't know what are we at 8 83 okay one my flight was supposed to get okay um I'm still foggy for sure so foggy yeah I'm not going to so what we're going to do is just put your hands behind your back you're going to be U arrested for public intoxication all right due to your level intoxication you being foggy and pretty much originally telling us that you're going to be going to Jersey when got know I with her this is I all right and I'm sure all right due to your level intoxication you being foggy and pretty much originally telling us that you're gon to be going to Jersey you just got to sleep it off dog can I sleep it off with her no no Texas is real strict on domestic violence La I get you all right and I'm sure I don't know if the gentleman told you domestic violence isn't tolerable Texas there was no I'm just saying independent Witnesses are saying otherwise all right um and like I said everybody has their side of the story we're going to put that all in but the the the issue with it is occured in the air during a flight the FBI has been notified they're going to do they're going to follow up on that um but state of Texas is very strict on domestic violence victims we have to do everything to protect them and number two is you know all you're doing with our charge is sleeping it off that's it and that's the thing I mean you still can't recall what happened you tell me you drank on the with that we take that questions is is this number one so when do I get released because I do have flight tomorrow two what happens with Amanda can we go see her First's going to be Al okay so this is what and my credit cards is what pays for her to be here and so I can we make sure can we can we we can exchange information so here's the deal number one to answer questions in order American's not going to fly both any right so you will have to fly back where's Home Florida you're going to have to find another airline which we have tons we're a huge international airport but American will not fly you okay because of what occurred all right so we're we're not in control of that so that's the answer to that number two when it comes to her having proper credit cards and stuff we can exchange we can give her whatever you want to give her right now okay right can I say her and give no no no no we're going to keep off separated cuz that's what caused this issue was as a domestic issue um so what can we give to her I don't well here you got to go in both Pockets most of which is in her you have anything that's sh check both just make sure she has take whatever is in there give it to her okay for my watch is broken stay where at so you just want to have proper credit card so I want to make sure she has whatever I hear you and how quick can she bail me out it's not a bail it's till you sit you just sober up and that's it you get released so you don't have on oh no no she's got everything oh she's got everything so what what what is it what you want I just want to make sure she had I don't know if I had my credit cards in here or she had them all if there's not then they're all on our wallet okay well then she has them all cuz you have a phone and then a broken watch and about 40 I sober in like an hour do I go home what's your what's your time frame I think our minimum jail time four I'll check in all right you're going to have to you're going to have to use the breathalizer to blow legal in even though even oh you're you're good I'm just St even though this is a FAL what even if Amanda says it's okay that I go with her just up to the hotel room yeah unfortunately we want to keep you separated and especially the fact that that you said you're a little foggy out I'm not I'm going but I'm saying if she says she's comfortable with me going with her does it's not about her being comfortable it's about me being comfortable level sorry let me speak du to your level intoxication do do being a that you're not able to rec you know uh incidents earlier today you stating that you're foggy and you think that you're going to Jersey when your flight is originally booked to Florida these are things that I have concerned that you could be possibly a danger to yourself so we rather bring you to our holding facility let you sober up and then you could be released Okay so a minimum of 4our hold it it wasn't a slip that I was going to Jersey it's it's a natural that I'm from Jersey that it just comes out i'me to drinking and these these indicators believes me to be that you still have a level of intoxication which I feel that you're ordained to yourself until you're sober for everybody's safety we go down to it's it's it's equivalent to getting a ticket it's not not this is not we Down 2 hours it's this is our last day vacation I'm not I'm not a danger not is policy I respect minimum for our hold and you have toow legal okay sir I can blow that what if I blow that in two hours then it's up then it's up to the jail staff but I'm telling you what our policy is is minimum 4 hours do you have the same last name no but I have both our ID um I think it's probably under the same address oh no different address is he being arrested are yall husband wife boy girlfriend boyfri girlfriend yes okay um okay cuz I'm going to I'm going to walk with you to the hotel make sure you can get checked in because obviously they may say hey I'm explain the circum I just don't he I it was my I shouldn't have let him get that drunk before we left um you mind if he this is American management you mind if he take a look at it no no absolutely no let me get your all he's going to go to jail for having too much to drink that's it can I that's it you can take him to the hotel on property no no no because Texas is very strict on domestic violence I hear you and I'm going to help you get there all right Texas is very strict on number one he still can't recall what happened he still says he's foggy this and that he thinks he's going to Jersey so here's he's going to sleep it off number two we've had plenty of independent Witnesses saying that he did assault you okay but that occurred in the air so that's something that's going be investigated by the FBI but we're concerned with Texas has very strict domestic violence laws and we're not going to tolerate it so we're we have an obligation to protect you whether you want to be protected or not and since he still has fogginess he admitted he was just tore up just 4 hours ago in Mexico we're not take that chance he's going to sleep it off for public intoxication and the assault investigation um will go uh to the FBI and they will communicate with you on what they plan on doing with that okay that's out of our jurisdiction so just hang tight let me give this to him any issues you can always call the police but what going to happen I'm going to give you domestic violence pamphlet even though this is something that's not going to be investigated by us I'm still going to give this to you so there's resources um I'm I'm going to be what's your name Amanda Amanda I'm going be honest with you there's no reason why five seven people would say this happened okay there's no doubt in my mind that it happened but um you know so I just want to give you the hey how's it going I want to give you the resources so um I can arm you with options for yourself to get help okay let me explain to you what I was told by American American want not fly you um because of what occurred on their aircraft they're going to ban you from flying with American thankfully this is is one of the biggest airports in the world we have tons of other airlines so y'all y'all can work that out it it it's not me though you know it's a private business when it comes to refunding your money whether that's occurred automatically or needs you need to contact them just follow up but um obviously they have to keep their safe flights and whatever happened was dramatic to the point where all these people came up to hi to our officers and also to Americans management saying this is what happened so you know they have obligation to protect their passengers the biggest thing is we have an obligation to protect you okay it's not your fault that you're on the receiving end of this do you think it was that though so I mean here here's the deal he I was your kid he he hit you um how you doing if you're were my kid that would be the end of it but like I said I mean just because he didn't black your eye out and stuff like that I've been a cop for literally 20 years I just hit my 20th year and before I came here I was a city cop for literally 17 years so I've seen tons of domestic violence cases OB we don't get many here at the airport cuz it's an airport but in the city I mean literally daily tons of them and the thing is it starts this level and it continues to grow because you stay in this vicious cycle you're willing to stay in it and stick up for him and that's the thing is um you know I I don't and a lot of times women will do it for various reasons sometimes it's Financial sometimes it's just they want to have a partnership sometimes people just can't be alone I I don't know your situation but only you do but that's where you have to have a tough conversation with yourself and see if this is something you want to stay with because if he hits you now it doesn't stop now can it stop vin with proper accounts and stuff I'm sure but until it's addressed until Al is dressed um it's not going to stop and that's the thing is at what time does it become acceptable to you do you have any kids okay and what is a daughter or I have a son he's five okay and so what if you with his dad right now yeah so what if you had a daughter I mean do you think it's acceptable just because he shoved your face through a watch at you it's not but you're willing to take it but you would tell somebody else that's not acceptable or if it was your own kid you you You' probably kill the guy right that's the thing but here you are taking it and that's the thing I deep down in my heart I I know you know what happened and it did happen cuz all these independent Witnesses who don't know you don't know him wouldn't have stood up for you you know and that's the thing is you I'm not here to preach to you how old are you 30 30 31 31 for so here go you're a grown adult you're smart you got to make that decision decide what you want to do and the thing is there's resources out there to help you and you got to realize that that there are tons of resources that are free to help you and whether needs to get you back I'm Human Services I should know yeah and that's the thing it's U at what point does it need to end is it when you're disable is it when it kills you I mean I hope we'll never get to that point but I'm telling you I've seen it over and over and over again all right let's get you inside it's cool um one more back I hug you before you go yeah that's fine side hug but you got to literally re-evaluate my life yeah uh front doors will be where those folks are walking out that's the thing especially for domestic violence there's people that can help you with that to say that isn't normal you know I was raised just by my mom so you know raise I would say normally obviously when it comes to respecting women not hidden women I thing I've never in my mind ever crossed thinking about hidden you know any my girlfriends my wies doesn't that it's just that's a thing that's the norm but you weren't raised with that so to me that's an expectation that you would never put your hands on a on a lady and but for you it's like it's acceptable that's out there I'm sure um but um go ahead you're good but but thing is is but now you know he's and that's the ISS you got think all right take care yeah you just got to look at uh I mean just got to look in the mirror and reflect about life and see this lifestyle you want I mean is it legit me the first time he hit you huh he's never hit you before but what sparked him off on the airplane yeah I mean like what what tripped him what pissed him off to him oh okay you were just upset cuz he was wrong okay what do you do throw watch it that was yeah that was lot that was like sticky point for all oh when they saw him do that yeah they they heard it he was just like it this is a selford right huh we're just talking and I mean why are you so protective of it that's my question are you talking about like financially or or just I he you yeah you know how stupid this is you are stupid I feel guys all I want to do is get back go as quick as I can that's it ready right now scratch SC oh my [ __ ] god no no no running keep your right there [ __ ] itch I'm not moving guys