British movie star Ralph Fiennes is at the centre of a mile-high sex scandal after he allegedly became amorous with an Australian flight attendant during a long-haul flight, a report said on Sunday.
SYDNEY: British movie star Ralph Fiennes is at the centre of a mile-high sex scandal after he allegedly became amorous with an Australian flight attendant during a long-haul flight, a report said on Sunday.
A 38-year-old Qantas stewardess has been suspended and could lose her job after fellow crew members allegedly spotted her and Fiennes leaving the same aircraft toilet cubicle moments apart, The Sunday Telegraph said.
In a statement lodged with her employer and obtained by the paper, Lisa Robertson said the actor had become "amorous" with her after the pair chatted together during a flight from Australia to India late last month.
But she denied having sex with the 44-year-old star of The English Patient and Schindler's List.
"While conversing with Fiennes during my break, I expressed a need to go to the toilet," Robertson said. "I went to the nearby toilet and entered it, he followed me and entered the same toilet.
"I explained to him that this was inappropriate and asked him to leave. Fiennes became amorous towards me and, after a short period of time, I convinced him to leave the toilet, which he did.
"I left the toilet a short time later."
The newspaper was unable to get a comment from Robertson, but a spokesman for Qantas confirmed that a flight attendant had been stood down following an onboard incident.
Fiennes was in Australia in January to perform at the Sydney Festival. He and his long-time partner Francesca Annis separated last year.
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