Now you going to jail. Let's go. Let's go. Gave you two chances to walk out. Uh-huh. You didn't walk out. Uh-huh. You were being disorderly. Okay. You were intoxicated. >> Okay. So now what? Now you're going to jail. On August 7th, 2025, two women were denied boarding at Fort Lauderdale Airport by Spirit Airlines for alleged intoxication. What followed were two arrests and felony drug charges. Here is the legal breakdown. So this one just came up to me behind me and she put hands on me right now, but I it was completely like I had gone to talk to your buddy over there, Taylor, and I told him that I had two possible happy hours that I probably going to deny boarding because of being loud and disruptive. She was one of them. She just came up to me from behind me and put hands on me. She said When you say put hands on you did She just touched me or did she She touched my back. Okay. She came from behind me. Uh I'm probably not going to let them on the plane, so I'm anticipating that's going to be an issue cuz they were on the phone really How long you having them personally in that terminal? Which two ladies? So this is the one that just came up here and the one that was sitting in front of her here. I think she must have gone to the restroom. Okay. Uh cuz her bag is right there. So there's two of them. This is one of them. That's her right there cuz she actually left her phone, passport, and this boarding pass. She left it at TSA. TSA supervisor brought it to us. When she got up here to talk to us, she was all loud and you know the flight's within 8 hours and this is a bartender and all this stuff. I'm like I'm not going to have any of that. So I was just typing a message to operations when she came up behind me and You know, this is the flight I gave What time are they boarding? Uh they just got here, so it's going to be 10 minutes between 5 minutes for cleaning, something like that. About 15, 20 minutes we'll probably start boarding. Okay. I'm anticipating not letting them on the plane and then getting really loud. So that's the reason why I spoke to you instead. I think we have more deputies coming here once they get here. Okay. That's good. Instead of waiting for you guys to start boarding, we'll pretty much Okay. That sounds good, man. I appreciate it. I'm not because what's going to happen is they're going to get on the plane and the flight attendant is going to call me to get them off. And that just takes longer. I'm just not going to let them. >> Is it because they were intoxicated like They were being really loud and I'm not sure if some people actually were looking at them like you know recording them. Huh? Okay. Are they coming out? Yeah, they just came from Tampa just Talk to them? Tell them hey you guys can't fly and they were How are you going to see my boarding pass people? Definitely Definitely see my boarding pass right here. Uh I'm going to need to see the whole boarding pass. Right here. What's your name? Serena Zephyr. >> to take a photo of this. I want to make sure you have it. A photo of what? >> pass. Why? Cuz I need to have your boarding pass. That's fine. Whatever you need to do. Are you having a good trip today? Someone with Can you write that down? You haven't? Cuz I don't know who is I saw you with a drink on your hand. Are you with them? That was fruit punch. Is there a problem? No, we're not. As you can see from my boarding pass I'm not So excuse me. What's your name? Hello. Because I don't know who is Serena. So you're denying it, right? No, the girls that I was with I just met these girls at the airport. Listen, what's your first name? Serena. Step over here so we can talk a little bit so I can explain to you what's going on. So I can explain to you what's going At this time I'm letting you know you're in violation of the contract of carriage and because you are >> What's the contract of carriage? Because you are I asked you a question. Okay, don't get loud with me. I asked a question. Okay, can you explain it? I'm being denied boarding. That's fine. Give me my boarding pass and I will let them explain that to me. What? What's What Why am I being denied boarding? I'm asking right now. I don't want to move until I understand why I'm moving. So they feel like I'm intoxicated. So I will call a Uber to go home. You don't want me to go to Atlanta? It's Atlanta. Don't push me. Please don't push me. I can walk on my own. Is it bigger than that? Because if it is, then just say that. No, no, no, no, no. I'm I'm I'm asking to communicate. You're telling me not to communicate. I'm going to get a refund? Is there like a warrant out for my arrest or something? Because if that's the case, you can you can arrest me right now. I'm not worried about that. Thank you. Wait, wait, wait, wait. Let me Okay. It was You should have just said that. Why am I being Can you take my bags? No, that's because What's the problem with communicating? It's a problem with communicating. It should not be a problem with communicating. Oh, now you got to figure it out. I just want to know. Are we communicating? Why are you pulling on me? Please do not tug on me. Can you explain to me what's going on? >> Miss I'm listening. Gave you a chance to walk out. >> Uh-huh. You didn't walk out. Uh-huh. You were being disorderly Okay. >> and intoxicated. Okay. So, now what? >> Now you're going to jail. Oh, okay. If that's the worst, [ __ ] Under each airline's contract of carriage, enforceable under federal aviation regulations, carriers hold unilateral authority to deny boarding for intoxication or disruptive behavior. That decision belongs exclusively to the airline. Disputing it at the gate carries no legal remedy on the spot. Florida statute section 856.0 11 disorderly Intoxication requires two elements. The person must be visibly intoxicated in a public place and must either endanger another person's safety or cause a public disturbance. A commercial airport gate qualifies as a public place. Both elements must be independently established. Airline opinion alone is not sufficient. The gate agent's report, corroborated by the TSA supervisor returning subject one's forgotten documents, established the intoxication element. The sustained verbal disruption in a crowded public space satisfied the disturbance element. The statutory threshold was met before physical resistance began. Subject one offered verbally to call an Uber and leave voluntarily. That offer, had it been executed, would have ended the encounter entirely. No custodial arrest, no search, no felony charges. The moment she physically resisted the escort, that option was foreclosed. Physical resistance converted a civil dispute into a criminal matter. Once a lawful custodial arrest is established, the Fourth Amendment authorizes an immediate and complete search of the arrested person. This principle was settled in Chimel versus California, 395 US 752, decided in 1969. The admissibility of contraband discovered during that search is independent of the original charge. The two felony drug counts stand on their own legal footing. What the [ __ ] Because I'm being disorderly conduct inside of an airport. >> Intoxication. Because I spoke too loud inside of an airport. Make it make sense. Uh the flight that I paid for, the money that I spent to be at this airport, but I'm being arrested because I didn't act the way you guys wanted me to act. It's fine. Yeah, use this as content as you need. Because it's [ __ ] up. Yes, you This is what you wanted. You guys stood there, and you saw me buy another drink, and you never stopped it or said anything about the law and terms and conditions or whatever the [ __ ] it was. You did that on purpose. I don't care, and I can walk on my own. You don't have to hold me so tight. That's the [ __ ] problem. >> my responsibility is to make Uh it's Now now I'm your responsibility, BUT I WAS NOT YOUR RESPONSIBILITY WHEN YOU STOOD THERE an hour before you arrested me, AND YOU STOOD THERE AND watched me buy a drink. You stood there and watched me buy another drink on top of that. WHY AM I BEING SO LOUD? BECAUSE YOU WERE LOUD when you arrested me IN FRONT OF ALL THE PASSENGERS THAT I BOUGHT A FLIGHT TO GET ON. DO YOU UNDERSTAND THAT? AND THAT'S WHY I'M GOING TO DRIVE BECAUSE I BOUGHT A TICKET TO GET ON A FLIGHT WITH OTHER PASSENGERS. THAT'S WHY? MAKE it make sense WHAT YOU JUST SAID. Make it make sense. You can't. I don't make it easy at all. I work for corporate America, TOO. I'M A US CITIZEN. I PAY TAXES. I don't give a [ __ ] about what you're talking about. Can you tell me a few more things about 325? Please do not talk and pull on me. Ma'am, I'm just escorting you out. You can say something out of your mouth. RIGHT, LEFT. MONEY. I WORK HARD IN THIS [ __ ] COUNTRY. I WORK TWO JOBS. AND YOU'RE TRYING TO TELL ME I CAN GET ON A FLIGHT CUZ I HAD AN EXTRA DRINK? I WORK HARD for that extra drink. The [ __ ] is you talking about? I don't care. I don't care. Come on. I What Where is the Where is the truck? Let me get my baloney [ __ ] sandwich since you want to take me to jail so bad. You said give me a second. Where's your Where's your phone? Where's my phone? Friend, can you hear me? I cannot talk to my friend because she's probably going to be the one to bail me out. So, you don't want nobody to help me. Okay, Beth. Can you let me go? I'm not I have the handcuffs on. But you don't want nobody to help me, either. You you you you disconnect the call from my friend. No, you cuz you you're being a [ __ ] [ __ ] You eat You disconnected the call from me and my best friend, the only person that's going to help me. The only person that's going to help me. Can you hold it? From where? Where am I going? But why did you hang up my phone call? Why did you hang up my phone call? Oh, you need him to go. No, no. Turn around. Why did you hang up my phone call? Why did you hang up my phone call? Stop pushing me. Stop pushing me. Let him touch me. Let him touch me. No, I don't want him I don't want him to touch me. No, he's been extra precious. I don't want him No, I You I do not. I do not. I just don't like the way he's pressuring me and he hung up the phone on my best friend, the only person that I have that can possibly bond me out. He's trying to prove a point. I don't know. I do not. This is so unfortunate. I'll pay a ticket to fly out the airport, but now they're doing the most at the [ __ ] airport. What is your score? I don't know. No, no, no. I just want to talk woman to woman. Just hold your hands out. Everything all this is my important Well, you're not the bags are not going. I need to call my daughter. >> Oh, my important Too late for what? It's too late for what? You want to bring Listen. Too late for what? What do you want to bring with you? But too late for what? You said too late. I don't know what you're saying. Why is he saying too late? Just take that with the purse. That's it. What is too late? Uh you get a phone call when you go down to the jail. But what are you talking about? >> a phone call when you go down to the jail. I'm asking about what you said about too late. This is why you said what you said. Do you need a file? So, I'm going to put You can bring your phone with you and your personal belongings. My wallet is the main important thing and my phone. >> Where's your wallet? This? Right in your hand with the purse. It's all that goes together. You can stuff the wallet inside of the purse and it'll all fit. Thank you so much. And then my my my uh suitcase, if you don't want to take it, that's fine. And the the the food that I got with it, that's fine. But what I'm not going to do is allow you to treat me any way less than what the law allows. Thank you. What is my charge again, officer? I'm not arresting you. I'm transporting. Oh, you're transporting. Can you tell me what the what the charge is? I won't tell you. So, you can't tell me? Okay, fine. Can you open the door? Yeah, unlock it. Relax. Subject one was charged with one count of possession of oxycodone, one count of possession of Xanax, and one count of disorderly intoxication. Bond was set at $5,150. The felony drug charges arose directly from the search authorized by the arrest, not from the conduct that triggered the arrest. You got a paper bag, bro? What is the policy? You have to wear shackles when you're on your way to the jail. When you're on your way to jail. That's the policy. You're not getting me the full policy. What is the policy? Don't worry about it. You want You want to You want your seat belt, Arnaejia? I'll put it on. Here. Give me the seat belt. I'll put her in. All right, we're going to seat belt you in, okay? So, it's a seat belt instead of shackles on the feet? Listen, listen. >> Is that how that works? Listen, well, then the seat belt's for your safety, okay? Move over a little bit. >> have a problem with seat belts, but you said instead of the shackles on my wrists, I had to put shackles on my legs. Okay. You wanted me to put shackles on my legs as per protocol. I will be quiet. I don't know. Okay. So, she was charged with one count of possession of oxy, one count of possession of Xanax, and one count of disorderly intoxication. Her bond was set to $5,150. The next arrest took place a few moments later with the other woman that was next to her in line. These are the events that unfolded for her. Listen. Listen. Listen. Listen. Listen. Listen. I got my passport. >> LOOK HERE. AND MY AMERICAN ID right here. >> Look here. You're going to You're going to calm down or you're going to end up with your friend. All right. I PAID TOO MUCH MONEY TO WORK >> HEY. HEY. and what's going on. Hey. Understand this. Hold this. No. >> Hold this. >> holding that. Okay, well, I'll hold it. If you Listen to me. If you don't calm down, you're going to end up WITH YOUR >> WHERE AM I? I AM AMERICAN US CITIZEN. OKAY, I WON'T. MY ID IS RIGHT HERE. Can you grab that with your big lip? Please. No, baby. That's my ID. Come here. Can you grab that? Okay, I will pee in your baby until I get that. All right. Thank you. Because Trump is a [ __ ] And I will say that and everything I need to say in my chest. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. And I will not leave until I need what I get. Thank you. Right there. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. It's right here. My ID is right here. Can you Can you grab right here before I move in my US ID? You get it. You All right, I WILL GRAB IT RIGHT HERE IN my mouth. Don't move. No, I'm sorry. Can you grab my US ID? >> Why are you screaming? Why are you screaming? You Can you grab my US ID? Let's grab it. Let's see it. Put it in your pocket. My US ID is right here. >> ID, Mommy. Why are you screaming? I don't want to move until I get my US ID. Can I get my US ID? Can I get my US ID? CAN I GET MY US ID? I CAN I GET MY US ID? Can I get my US ID? Can I get my US ID? I'm not moving until I get my US ID. You're going to get it. No. I got your receipt. I got you. I got you. I got you. I need my US ID. You're going to get it. I got you on the next time. Can I get my US ID? I got it. CAN I GET MY US ID? CAN I GET MY US ID? CAN I GET MY US ID? You know her situation? Her situation is we took her off the sidewalk for her safety. Yeah, I know. And the other one just got arrested for the same >> Subject two's encounter involved sustained screaming and physical resistance in the same crowded public space conduct that independently satisfied the elements of Florida statute section 856.011. Her political statement and profanity directed at officers are fully protected under the First Amendment as established in City of Houston versus Hill 482 US 451 decided in 1987. Those statements carry zero evidentiary weight. The legal line runs between protected speech and unprotected physical conduct. Verbal protest during an arrest is constitutionally protected. Physical resistance is not. Every additional charge obstruction, resisting without violence, compounds sentencing exposure independently. The responding deputy receives a B. The arrest was legally grounded. Force remained proportionate throughout both encounters. Under the Graham versus Connor standard and back up was coordinated before contact consistent with officer safety protocol. Two issues lower the grade from A. First, when a detainee asks the legal basis for their arrest "Don't worry about it." is professionally inadequate. Stating the charge at time of arrest is standard practice and reduces escalation. Second, the unconfirmed allegation that a deputy terminated subject one's phone call prior to booking implicates 14th Amendment due process. If confirmed, this grade drops further. The Spirit Airlines gate agent receives a B+. Her account was accurate. She voluntarily corrected her characterization of the physical contact when pressed downgrading from "Put hands on me." to "Touched my back." and her proactive coordination prevented a more disruptive aircraft removal scenario. Subject one, Sarana Zefer, receives a C+. She demonstrated early legal awareness asking specifically about the contract of carriage and offering voluntary departure. Her subsequent decision to physically resist rendered that awareness irrelevant. The felony charges she faces are a direct legal consequence of a choice she had the option not to make. Subject two receives a C. Her protected speech cannot form the basis of any charge. What does is the sustained physical resistance and public disturbance in a crowded space. The distinction between speech and conduct is the determinative legal factor in any proceeding she faces. Three takeaways. First, an airline's boarding decision is final at the gate. The remedy for a wrongful denial is a DOT complaint or civil action, not a confrontation with gate personnel, which creates independent criminal exposure. Second, a lawful arrest authorizes an immediate full-body search. If contraband is present, it will be found. Voluntary departure eliminates that risk entirely, but only while that option still exists. Once handcuffs are applied, the search is constitutionally authorized. Third, the courtroom, not the gate terminal, is the correct venue for challenging an unlawful arrest. Verbal protest is protected. Physical resistance adds charges. That calculus rarely favors the detainee. Let us know if there is an interaction or legal topic you would like us to discuss in the comments below. Thank you for watching.