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NJCher

(43,286 posts)
Sat May 28, 2022, 10:29 AM May 2022

Woman Gets 15 Months in Prison for Punching Flight Attendant in the Face

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Prosecutors said Vyvianna M. Quinonez, 29, of Sacramento, will also have to pay nearly $26,000 in restitution and a $7,500 fine for the May 2021 attack, which was widely viewed online.

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By Vimal Patel

May 28, 2022, 9:10 a.m. ET

A California woman who repeatedly punched a Southwest Airlines flight attendant last year, bloodying her face and chipping three of her teeth, was sentenced on Friday to 15 months in federal prison, prosecutors said.

The woman, Vyvianna M. Quinonez, 29, of Sacramento, will also have to pay nearly $26,000 in restitution and a $7,500 fine, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of California. A video of the attack, which occurred in May 2021, was widely viewed on social media.

Judge Todd W. Robinson of United States District Court also ordered Ms. Quinonez to be on supervised release for three years after completing her sentence, during which she will be barred from flying on any commercial aircraft.

The assault came amid a surge of unruly and violent behavior by passengers who shoved, struck and yelled at flight attendants. Within days of the attack, two major airlines, American and Southwest, postponed plans to begin serving alcohol again on flights, in an effort to stop the behavior. Both airlines have since resumed alcohol sales.

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Woman Gets 15 Months in Prison for Punching Flight Attendant in the Face (Original Post) NJCher May 2022 OP
pic NJCher May 2022 #1
Good. That's throwing the book at her. bucolic_frolic May 2022 #2
Would have received less time if victim was Capitol policeman. Sneederbunk May 2022 #3
+ 💯 Duppers May 2022 #4
Very mild, but I would modify one provision of the sentence DFW May 2022 #5
+1 Auggie May 2022 #7
Vyvianna throwing hands Demovictory9 May 2022 #6
I advocate a longer ban than three years Auggie May 2022 #8

NJCher

(43,286 posts)
1. pic
Sat May 28, 2022, 10:34 AM
May 2022


I think the stewardess (showing injuries) is on the phone on the left and the puncher is wearing the stretch leopard skin pants, midriff T, and what looks to be a crucifix, right.

bucolic_frolic

(55,406 posts)
2. Good. That's throwing the book at her.
Sat May 28, 2022, 10:34 AM
May 2022

Should become a standard sentence for such behavior on or off airlines.

DFW

(60,311 posts)
5. Very mild, but I would modify one provision of the sentence
Sun May 29, 2022, 04:36 AM
May 2022

I would allow her to fly on commercial aircraft--but only ON them, not IN them..

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