CABIN ATTENDANT RPT; B757; JFK-SJU. WOMAN RPTED THAT A MALE PAX HAD VIOLATED HER; WHILE SHE WAS ASLEEP. AUTHS CALLED TO MEET FLT.

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I WAS CALLED ON THE INTERPHONE BY FLT ATTENDANT #1 TO FORWARD GALLEY FOR MY OPINION. A COACH PAX WAS IN FIRST CLASS GALLEY CRYING AND SAID SHE WAS SLEEPING AND WOKE UP WITH A PAX SEATED NEXT TO HER; WITH HIS HANDS BTWN HER LEGS. I KNOW THAT THAT WAS NOT HIS ORIGINAL SEAT. I HAD HELPED HIM STOW HIS LUGGAGE PREFLT. SHE SEEMED GENUINELY TRAUMATIZED AND WE DECIDED TO HAVE THE AUTHS MEET THE FLT IN SJU. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: THE RPTR SAID THAT THE YOUNG WOMAN HAD HAD THE WHOLE ROW TO HERSELF WHEN SHE WENT TO SLEEP. SHE WOKE UP TO SEE HIM SITTING RIGHT NEXT TO HER ON AN EMPTY FLT. SHE SHRUGGED IT OFF AND WENT BACK TO SLEEP. WHEN SHE WOKE UP AGAIN; THE MAN HAD HIS HANDS UP HER SKIRT. SHE IMMEDIATELY JUMPED UP AND RAN TO THE GALLEY; SOBBING. SHE WAS REALLY TRAUMATIZED BY THE INCIDENT. AFTER THE CREW CONSOLED HER AND THE CAPT HAD OFFERED TO GET THE POLICE TO MEET THE FLT. THE WOMAN WAS TOO SHOOK UP TO MAKE THE DECISION TO HAVE HIM ARRESTED; SO SHE CALLED HER HUSBAND FROM THE PLANE TO ASK FOR HIS ADVICE. HE SAID HE'D BE AT THE ARPT TO MEET HER AND THAT HE'D MAKE SURE THE POLICE WERE THERE TO ARREST THE GUY. THE CREW MOVED THE WOMAN UP TO FIRST CLASS FOR LNDG; SO SHE'D BE OFF THE PLANE BEFORE HIM.