Conrad Hilton reaches plea deal over threats to kill BA cabin crew
Paris Hilton’s youngest brother, Conrad, has reached a plea deal over accusations that he threatened to kill British Airways cabin crew on a flight from London.
According to reports by CNN and other US media, Hilton, aged 20, will plead guilty to a misdemeanor assault against the flight crew in exchange for a federal felony charge being dropped.
He is due to appear in federal court today.
Hilton, the great-grandson of the founder of the Hilton hotel empire (also called Conrad), was initially charged with a felony with a prison sentence of up to 20 years.
The misdemeanor charge carries a prison sentence of up to six months and a fine of at least $5,000.
Hilton, on BA’s Flight 269 to Los Angeles on July 31 last year, allegedly called other passengers ‘f***ing peasants’ and accused one passenger of ‘giving him a stink-eye’, before threatening to kill and bury a member of the cabin crew.
He allegedly grabbed a flight attendant by the shirt and said: "I could get you all fired in five minutes. I know your boss. My father will pay this out, he has done it before. Dad paid $300,000 last time."
Hilton was allegedly upset following his break-up with a girlfriend and wanted to smoke marijuana.
According to court documents, at one point he went to a toilet and the smell of marijuana wafted out.
His behaviour frightened passengers on the flight, even causing a child to cry.
Cabin crew eventually managed to restrain him after he fell asleep.
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Editor in chief Bev Fearis has been a travel journalist for 25 years. She started her career at Travel Weekly, where she became deputy news editor, before joining Business Traveller as deputy editor and launching the magazine’s website. She has also written travel features, news and expert comment for the Guardian, Observer, Times, Telegraph, Boundless and other consumer titles and was named one of the top 50 UK travel journalists by the Press Gazette.
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