On Sunday, Odell Beckham Jr. was escorted off an American Airlines flight after crew members grew concerned saying he “appeared to be coming in and out of consciousness.”
“Upon the officer’s arrival, the flight crew asked Mr. Beckham several times to exit the aircraft, which he refused,” police said. “The aircraft was deplaned, at which time Mr. Beckham was asked by the officers to exit the plane, and did so without incident.”
“He responded that he was asleep and that he would put his seatbelt on at that time,” Davillier said. But, he said Beckham was “informed that it was too late and that either he would have to get off the plane or everyone would have to deplane.”
“At no time was Mr. Beckham disruptive or combative,” Davillier said. “He was willing to comply with the seatbelt requirement, but the flight attendant wanted to prove that he had the authority to have Mr. Beckham removed from the flight,” he said.
“This incident was completely unnecessary. Sleeping on a plane should not be a cause for removal from a flight.”
