Oprah Winfrey Sued Over Accusations of Sex On Her Private Jet
Posted on Oct 10, 2009 @ 04:14PM
A flight attendant has filed suit alleging she was fired by Oprah Winfrey's company, Harpo, Inc. as a result of a false accusation she and a married pilot had sex on the plane while Oprah napped.
Corrine Gehrls has sued Harpo, Inc. and fellow flight attendants Myron Gooch and Kirby Bumpus for the claimed wrongful termination. In her legal filing, Gehrls says she and Chief Pilot Terry Pansing had a on-going dispute with Gooch over work schedules. It became so heated, Gooch "recruited" Bumpus to join him in a plot to get the two fired. Bumpus is the daughter of Oprah's best friend Gayle King.
According to the document, "Gooch and Bumpus falsely told Winfrey and Harpo that on the June 14, 2009 Harpo flight, the passengers on which included Winfrey and Bumpus, Pansing and Gehrls had been observed having inappropriate intimate conduct outside the cockpit of the plane." The pair was terminated July 7.
Pansing and Gooch, on the advice of their respective attorneys, took polygraph examinations which they say proved they were truthful in their insistence they hadn't joined the Mile High Club on Oprah's plane. They presented the test results to Winfrey but she refused to reinstate them.
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Gooch's lawsuit says that Pansing has separately settled the matter with Harpo, Inc. She wants at least $300,000 in damages.
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As long as there are corporate jets, pilots and their stews will continue to bang each other...because they can. Their egos are huge and the temptation is too great for some of them. Sadly, it doesn't matter if they are married or not.
Posted Sun, 10/11/2009 - 10:18pm
This kind of crap goes on all the time. You should see what goes on AFTER the plane lands and the limo drives off with the passengers. There is more DNA on the aircraft seats and sofas than on a hotel room bedspread! (Please pass the Lysol).
Posted Sun, 10/11/2009 - 10:17pm
I can't believe the accusations would be real, why would they have sex on a private plane when they are going to be seen?????
Posted Sun, 10/11/2009 - 11:54am
Those two should be fired for having names like Myron Gooch and Kirby Bumpus! Lololo.
Posted Sun, 10/11/2009 - 11:41am
Whomever think that Oprah and her staff would apologize for the mix-up ... they are stupid that lady never apologizes for anything ... she think she is too high and mighty for that ... wow the day when her glory falls is when she is dead.
Posted Sun, 10/11/2009 - 9:45am
who CARES about Oprah and her plane of SLUGS!everybody at Harpo sues everybody else. they all want MONEY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Oprah, TAKE THE BUS!!!!!!!
Posted Sat, 10/10/2009 - 10:10pm
Oprah surrounds herself with lackeys, and constantly gets busted, her girl's school, conned on books, and now, this daughter of Gayle.
Posted Sat, 10/10/2009 - 6:16pm
OH PLEASE just because she is Oprah Winfrey does not mean she is always correct! I have been a business owner before you fire someone check out every detail of the story, there are cut throats!
Posted Sat, 10/10/2009 - 5:05pm
and the girl may have lied to get her way-think oprah should have checked this out more-being oprahs god child i am sure she gets her way and lieing about this would not surprise me to get her way
Posted Sat, 10/10/2009 - 2:13pm
Gehrls messing w/the wrong lady MISS O.... Miss O going to put the lady in her place! the Gehrls can camp out under the bridge w/ the rest of the money hungry people! tries to steal from somebody
Posted Sat, 10/10/2009 - 1:49pm