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Wednesday 12 april 2017

CEO issues new apology as details of passenger’s past emerge

DON BABWIN license. known anything about him when he was dragged company would review
Associated Press But while Dao’s history other than basic informa- down the aisle of the jet policies for seeking volun-
CHICAGO (AP) — After quickly became a focus tion such as his name and and when he is seen stand- teers to give up their seats,
people were horrified by of attention, there’s no in- address, if that. ing in the aisle later say- for handling oversold situ-
video of a passenger get- ations and for partnering
ting dragged off a full Unit- with airport authorities and
ed Express flight by airport local law enforcement.
police, the head of Unit- An attorney who repre-
ed’s parent company said sents Dao said his client
the airline was reaching was being treated at a
out to the man to “resolve Chicago hospital for inju-
this situation.” ries he sustained on the
Hours later on Monday, his plane and that the family
tone turned defensive. He would not comment.
described the man as “dis- According to records from
ruptive and belligerent.” the Kentucky Board of
By Tuesday afternoon, al- Medical Licensure, Dao
most two days after the went to medical school
Sunday evening confron- at the University of Medi-
tation in Chicago, CEO Os- cine of Ho Chi Minh City
car Munoz issued his most in Vietnam, graduating in
contrite apology yet as 1974. He was licensed in
details emerged about the Kentucky with a specialty
man seen on cellphone in pulmonary disease.
videos recorded by other His legal troubles started
passengers at O’Hare Air- in 2003, when his medical
port. license was suspended
“No one should ever be United Airlines CEO Oscar Munoz speaks in New York. Munoz said in a note to employees Tues- after an undercover sting
mistreated this way,” Mu- day, April 11, 2017, that he continues to be disturbed by the incident Sunday night in Chicago, operation at a Louisville
noz said. where a passenger was forcibly removed from a United Express flight. Munoz said he was com- motel for allegedly writing
The passenger was iden- mitted to “fix what’s broken so this never happens again.” fraudulent prescriptions.
tified as physician David (AP Photo/Richard Drew) According to the docu-
Dao, 69, of Elizabethtown, ments, the licensing board
Kentucky, who was con- dication that his past influ- Screaming can be heard ing quietly, “I want to go had learned that Dao had
victed more than a de- enced how he was treated on the videos, but nowhere home, I want to go home.” become sexually interest-
cade ago of felony charg- or that the airline or police is Dao seen attacking the Munoz’s latest statement ed in a patient and hired
es involving his prescribing were aware of his back- officers. In fact, he appears described the removal as the patient as his office
of drugs and spent years ground or would have relatively passive both “truly horrific.” He said the manager. q
trying to regain his medical

Woman sues ex-prosecutor accused of trading sex for leniency

MICHAEL KUNZELMAN gan cooperating with the The lawsuit says Keim’s State and federal authori- hampered by a statute of
Associated Press FBI’s investigation of sex- mother, Tammy Glover, ties called Morel a sexual limitations on the crimes,
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — abuse allegations against hopes legal action will “put predator who repeatedly significant problems with
A former Louisiana district former St. Charles Parish an end to the fear that abused his power to prey evidence and victims who
attorney accused of ex- District Attorney Harry Mo- many women and their on vulnerable women, of- could prove to be difficult
torting sex from at least 22 rel. families have been living fering them or their relatives witnesses.
women in exchange for Although Morel hasn’t with for decades because help with their legal prob- Ralph Capitelli, who was
favorable treatment from been charged with any sex of (Morel’s) sexual abuse.” lems in exchange for sex. Morel’s attorney in the
his office is being sued by crimes, the 74-year-old is “We don’t have the ability During a news conference criminal case, has accused
the mother of one of his al- serving a three-year prison to know of everyone who last year, investigators ac- prosecutors of a smear
leged victims. sentence after pleading was affected by this,” said cused Morel of soliciting campaign to influence sen-
The racketeering lawsuit guilty last year to obstruct- Tregg Connell Wilson, one sex from at least 20 women tencing. Although he isn’t
was filed in state court ing the federal investiga- of Glover’s attorneys. “We during his 33-year tenure in representing Morel in the
Monday by the mother of tion. Investigators have said invite them to come for- office. civil case, Capitelli said the
Danelle Keim. Keim’s cooperation was ward. We invite them to But prosecutors said the lawsuit is “replete with the
Keim died of a drug over- instrumental in securing a come and talk about what investigation of the sex- same inaccuracies, mis-
dose in 2013 after she be- guilty plea from Morel. happened.” abuse allegations was statements and errors.”q