The article was originally published on https://sfist.com/2025/08/08/video-influencer-bro-gets-caught-vaping-on-sfo-bound-flight-claims-he-was-assaulted-when-busted/A self-described “AI Expert and Celebrity Pickleball Coach” got popped vaping in the bathroom of an SFO-bound flight Monday, and then promptly berated the flight attendant, claiming, “You assaulted me!" Everyone is aware that smoking on an airplane is a highly illegal federal offense. But one asshole who got caught vaping in the bathroom of an American Airlines flight from Phoenix to SFO on Monday came up with a novel strategy he thinks might get him out of this obviously guilty jam: Record getting busted on your phone, post it to Instagram, claim that you’re an attorney, and then say the flight attendant assaulted you.

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