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HOUSTON -- A flight attendant claims New York Yankees third baseman Wade Boggs terrorized her during an April 15 charter flight in a lawsuit filed this week.
Karen Plympton says Boggs, 38, became enraged at her without provocation, spewing vile language and threatening to "kick her fat lips in."
The incident occurred aboard a Continental Airlines charter flight carrying the Yankee team from Newark to Milwaukee, according to the suit which was filed Monday in Houston against Boggs.
"For inexplicable reasons, Boggs became angry and irritated with Plympton during the flight," according to the lawsuit. "That anger turned to rage when, as the plane was beginning its final descent, (she) declined to respond to Boggs' demand that he be served another beer."
Boggs is accused in the suit of escalating his verbal attacks on the attendant, unleashing profanities and sexist slurs.
When the plane was still on the tarmac in Milwaukee, the lawsuit says Boggs cornered her in the rear galley and made more threats while poking his finger in her face.
The suit seeks unspecified damages for assault, infliction of emotional distress and loss of wages, as well as punitive damages for gross negligence.
Plympton received permission from Continental to avoid flying on future charters.
Yankees spokesman Rick Cerrone said Wednesday that he knew nothing about the lawsuit.
Boggs, who is in Arlington for a game Wednesday night against the Texas Rangers, could not be immediately reached for comment.
In 1989, while playing for the Boston Red Sox, Boggs reached an out-of-court settlement with former mistress Margo Adams. She had filed a palimony suit following the breakup of their four-year relationship.
That suit had accused Boggs, a five-time American League batting champion, with breach of an oral contract, fraud and emotional distress. It originally sought $12 million in damages.
However, an appeals court threw out a key portion of the lawsuit, ruling that Adams couldn't file for emotional distress or fraud. It left intact the portion of the lawsuit in which Adams sought $500,000 for loss of income and expenses she said Boggs had promised her.
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