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frenchman pees on way to Dublin

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  • 17-08-2011 2:33pm
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    mike65
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    http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/breaking/2011/0817/breaking39.html
    Depardieu 'caught short' on flight

    CONOR POPE

    French film actor Gerard Depardieu was thrown off a flight from Paris to Dublin yesterday evening after he reportedly urinated in the aisle just before takeoff.

    News of the incident emerged after a passenger on the CityJet plane contacted a French radio station this morning.

    The passenger, who was not named, alleged the star (62) of films including Cyrano de Bergerac and the romantic comedy Green Card , stood up minutes before take-off and declared in a loud voice: "Je veux pisser. Je veus pisser."

    He was asked by a flight attendant to take his seat, put on his seatbelt and wait 15 minutes until the plane reached its cruising altitude.

    However, Mr Depardieu insisted he could not wait any longer. "And there and then he stood up and did it on the floor," the caller told the radio station. "We could see he had been drinking. The stewardess was dumbfounded," she added.

    "No one said anything. It all happened with courtesy. Mr Depardieu sat back down and the plane returned to the parking area to be cleaned."

    When contacted by The Irish Times this afternoon, a CityJet spokeswoman confirmed there had been an incident on the flight but said that it was against company policy to reveal the identity of the passenger involved.

    She said the plane, which was due to leave Paris for Dublin at 6.45pm, was delayed for just under two hours following as a result the incident.

    She said that after the passenger refused to take his seat and “in effect, blasted the carpet with piss”, the captain returned to the boarding gate where security staff were waiting. “The passenger in question was then off-loaded and airline staff cleaned the plane, which departed for Dublin at 8.35pm.

    She did not say whether the company intended to take further action in relation to the incident.


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