Jonathan Rhys Meyers Faces Lawsuit After Alleged Drunken Assault of Airline Employee

By Zach Dionne Posted Mar 17th 2011 12:09PM

Jonathan Rhys Meyers is facing a lawsuit from United Airlines employee Kathryn Williams, who contends that Meyers "assaulted, battered and verbally abused her after being barred from stepping on an early morning flight," the Daily Mail reports.

The star of Showtime's 'The Tudors' and Woody Allen's 'Match Point' was allegedly drunk off vodka in NYC's JFK Airport before the incident in May 2010. The filed complaint says Meyers behaved "outrageously and shockingly" and went beyond "reasonable bounds of decency."

"Williams claims to have suffered permanent physical damage and severe emotional distress following the incident last May," the Mail writes.

The altercation landed Meyers in rehab at the time, with a source telling PEOPLE he "just really wants to get better" and "this has been an ongoing battle for him."

Williams now seeks more than $15,000 in damages from the 33-year-old Irish actor. Included in the complaint:

►"The defendant committed tortuous acts consisting of verbally and physically abusing plaintiff causing her to sustain physical injuries and severe emotional distress."
►"Meyers wilfully, maliciously, wantonly and without any just cause or provocation assaulted and battered plaintiff Kathryn Williams."
►The alleged assault left Williams unable to perform her job

Meyers is now banned from United Airlines. The New York incident followed earlier problems in airports in Dublin and Paris involving alcohol and allegations of attacks.

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Thursday 17 March

By bellasol1124

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What a delicious-looking man Jonathan Rhys Meyer is!!

By simpsonsimpmike

Delicious? He looks like he's stoned out of his mind..... but maybe that's part of the attraction.

By stu

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Ditto! I would pay 15k to see him, Shia & Zac go @ it.

By Ann from Pompano

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Such a good looking man and great talent; I hope he finds help; what a waste of talent. His drinking will detroy his whole career. Face the demons and move on!

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Throw the bumm in jail. What's he think he's above the law because he's R&F.

By YellowRose3218

I dont see why these hollywooders cant act right, while on a flight like the rest of us.
This man looks like a mess, I hope rehab helps him.

By Tudortime

Jonathan can out act almost anyone in Hollywood. A LISTER.
GodSpeed Jon....

By NINA

Oh please she is unable to do her job...she is in the real world when don't people get yelled at. I had one on the phone this morning maybe I should get 15000 dollars. Maybe he should sue her for being unable to do her job.

By Bubbles

Looks like he is a person you would not want to mess with. Looks crazy.

Sunday 20 March

By casla

I'd let him smack me around for a little bit. lol ;)

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