A Southwest passenger allegedly attacked by a drunk flier before a flight at LaGuardia Airport is suing the airline, claiming the budget carrier’s “free-for-all seating policy” led to the viral attack.

Livia Rombola was aboard Southwest flight 779 bound for Kansas City, Missouri, when she was the target of a profane, violent assault by 32-year-old Leanna Perry, according to a lawsuit against the airline and Perry filed in New York State Supreme Court in Brooklyn on Aug. 25.

The attack, caught on camera and shared online, captured the NYC artist grabbing a woman’s hair and calling her a “fat ass bitch.” 5

The crazed woman, who was slurring her words, was detained by several passengers and flight attendants, zip-tied, placed on a gurney and removed from the plane.

Rombola claims

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