Delta flight attendant accused of slapping passenger on cross

The Brief

ATLANTA - A passenger says he was struck by a flight attendant on a cross-country flight last month and his attorneys now want $20-million from Delta, or they say they'll sue.

The backstory:

The man at the center of this says it was humiliating to be slapped by a flight attendant in front of one of his kids.

Mohammad Shibli says his July 29th flight between Atlanta and Fresno included a slap from a flight attendant. He says the incident started with his wife asking for water for one of his young kids, which he says the flight attendant refused to provide. He says he then asked the crew member himself.

"The Delta attendant again refused, using a very disrespectful tone," he said.

Shibli says he then went to a different flight attendant who provided the water and then apolo