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Constipated flyer claims United Airlines pilot had him arrested for hogging the toilet

Passenger claimed pilot broke down the toilet door and pulled him out with his trousers around his ankles. Photo: Getty/stock image

Passenger claimed pilot broke down the toilet door and pulled him out with his trousers around his ankles. Photo: Getty/stock image

Justin Rohrlich

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A “constipated” New Jersey man flying home from Mexico claims cabin crew became upset that he was monopolising the plane’s toilet, prompting the pilot to break down the door, yank the trouserless traveller off the toilet and dress him down in an antisemitic tirade while passengers stared.

Upon landing, Yisroel Liebb, an Orthodox Jew clad in religious garb, was pulled off the United Airlines 737-800 and arrested by US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agents.

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