The supermodel wife of the disgraced executive jailed for threatening to rape a flight attendant defended her husband days after he was sentenced for the harrowing incident.

Abeer Rizvi suggested her husband Salman Iftikhar’s mental health issues were the reason for his vile, first-class tirade directed at Virgin Atlantic flight attendant Angie Walsh during an eight-hour flight in 2023.

“Mental health is not a joke. Behind every story, there’s pain you don’t see,” Rizvi wrote on her Instagram Story Thursday.

“Before judging, try understanding,” she said. “Be kind. Be human.”

Iftikhar, the founder of recruitment firm Staffing Match, is married to both Rizvi and Erum Salman, according to the Daily Mail. 8

Rizvi lives in Pakistan, where she operates a salon and posts glitzy phot

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