A Georgia dad is suing Delta Airlines after he claims a flight attendant slapped him in the face during an altercation provoked by a simple request for his family to be served water — a move his lawyer claims was pure prejudice.

Mohammad Shibli and his wife, 4-year-old son, and 2-year-old son were on a Delta flight from Atlanta to Fresno, California, on July 29 when his youngest son began crying for water, Shibli and his legal team said during a news conference Tuesday.

A Delta flight attendant allegedly slapped Mohammad Shibli during a flight last month. 11Alive

When the plane took off and flight attendants made their rounds offering refreshments to passengers, the accused attendant allegedly refused to serve Shibli’s wife, he told reporters.

Shibli then got up and went to the back

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