New York Daily News

Suit: JetBlue pilots in drug-rape of crew

- BY NANCY DILLON

A JetBlue pilot allegedly raped two crew members in a “fantasy” threesome assault after he and another pilot drugged three colleagues during a layover in Puerto Rico last year, a new lawsuit claims.

Pilot Eric Johnson carried out the sick attack at the Interconti­nental Hotel in San Juan after he and fellow pilot Dan Watson fed drug-laced beer to the three women during a May 9 meeting on the beach, the lawsuit claims.

Johnson is accused of raping two of the drugged women. Watson is accused of conspiring with Johnson to drug and attack the women, but he ultimately “left the scene after having been scratched,” the lawsuit filed in federal court in Brooklyn says.

According to the filing, the three women accepted the beer offered by the pilots, and a short time later, everything “became a blur.”

The two women who allegedly ended up barely conscious in Johnson’s room are identified in the complaint as Jane Doe 1, a plaintiff, and an unidentifi­ed crew member who is not a party to the lawsuit.

Jane Doe 1 blacked out while still on the beach and regained only a hazy consciousn­ess while she was being vaginally penetrated against her will, the paperwork states.

“Plaintiff was unable to react to the situation, but was simply aware that it was happening,” the lawsuit says. She has “flashes of memory” that include Johnson having sexual intercours­e with the other crew member as well, according to the filing.

“Thank you for making my fantasy come true,” Johnson allegedly told her at one point, the paperwork claims.

The second plaintiff in the case — identified as Jane Doe 2 — was dumped back in her room without being raped because she “began vomiting, which was a turnoff,” the lawsuit states.

After the alleged attack, the women reported feeling groggy and “stunned” as they tried to piece together what happened.

When Jane Doe 1 completed her work trip on May 11 and returned home to Utah, she went to the hospital, asked to be tested for drugs and reported the incident to police, the lawsuit states.

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