NFLer: Gal groped me

‘Abused’ on flight

An NFL player from New Jersey was repeatedly harassed and groped by a drugaddled woman aboard a United Airlines flight, and the crew didn’t do enough to stop it, a lawsuit alleges.

The gridder, identified only as John Doe 1, said his ordeal began shortly after the flight departed Los Angeles for Newark Airport on Feb. 10.

He said the woman, who also is not identified in court papers, appeared “disheveled and unbalanced” when she boarded the plane and took a window seat.

She soon began “massaging” the knees and thighs of the athlete, who was seated next to her, says the suit, filed in Los Angeles Superior Court on Monday.

A second man, from Philadelphia, in the same row, who is also suing as John Doe 2, complained to crew members, but they initially did nothing, the suit alleges.

Both John Does are African Americans who did not know each other prior to the flight, said their lawyers, Darren Darwish and Benjamin Azizian, who are asking for compensation and punitive damages.

“Fearful of the perception of being a male victim and the racial stigma of being a young African-American male, John Doe 1 patiently pleaded for assailant to stop and removed her hand,” the suit says.

But the assault only “intensified,” with the woman “stroking her hand across his lap towards the inside of his leg near his genitals,” the complaint says. At one point, she also allegedly grabbed his penis and ripped off his face mask, the suit states.

When he got up to complain to a flight attendant, the belligerent woman turned her sights on John Doe 2, grabbing his “groin area.”

She was eventually removed to another row, after admitting she was drinking and had popped pills, say the plaintiffs, who were given $150 vouchers in compensation.

United spokeswoman Rachael Rivas said “the safety and well-being of our customers is always our top priority . . . The customer involved was moved to a different seat.”