AT CRUISE ONBOARD A300; PAX ASSAULTED CABIN ATTENDANT AFTER BEING REFUSED ALCOHOL.

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PAX ASKED FLT ATTENDANT #5 (WHO WAS IN COACH GALLEY WITH ME; FLT ATTENDANT #3) FOR SOME WINE. FLT ATTENDANT #5 TOLD HER WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY LEFT. PAX LOOKED CONFUSED. FLT ATTENDANT #5 ASKED HER 'HOW OLD ARE YOU?' PAX SAID SOMETHING IN SPANISH AND POINTED TO HER BUTT. FLT ATTENDANT #5 SAID SOMETHING TO PAX IN SPANISH. PAX SPOKE AGAIN IN SPANISH AND POINTED TO HER BUTT. FLT ATTENDANT #5 SAID SOMETHING TO PAX IN SPANISH. PAX SAID 'FUCK YOU' AND STARTED TO WALK AWAY. FLT ATTENDANT #5 SAID 'EXCUSE ME.' PAX TURNED AROUND AND HIT HER IN THE FACE WITH HER PALM. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: RPTR WAS A WITNESS TO THE EVENT. PAX ONBOARD THE ACFT RPTED THE ASSAULTING PAX TO BE DRINKING IN THE LOBBY BEFORE THE FLT. THE PAX'S BEHAVIOR ONBOARD PRIOR TO THE ASSAULT WAS ERRATIC; REFUSING TO REMAIN IN HER SEAT. PAX WAS TRAVELING ALONE AND APPEARED TO BE ABOUT 17 YRS OF AGE. THE PAX ASKED FOR ALCOHOL ONBOARD; AND WHEN THE CABIN ATTENDANT ASKED HER AGE; SHE RESPONDED WITH EXPLETIVES. WHEN THE CABIN ATTENDANT REFUSED THE PAX THE ALCOHOL; THE PAX ASSAULTED HER. THE CAPT REQUESTED THE FLT BE MET BY AUTHS AND THE PAX WAS TAKEN TO CUSTOMS FOR QUESTIONING AND AN FBI INVESTIGATION FOLLOWED. THE CABIN ATTENDANT THAT WAS ASSAULTED WAS REMOVED FROM FLT STATUS DUE TO THE INJURY ONBOARD.