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Passengers reportedly erupted into applause when Olympic sprinter Sha’Carri Richardson was removed from an American Airlines flight.

Richardson claims the flight attendant harassed her. She posted a video on Instagram where she accused a flight attendant of “harassing” her when he walked by.

The flight attendant informed her that it was time to turn electronic items off because the plane was preparing for take off.

Richardson fired back, “I’m recording me, but you jumped in my video, so I caught you because you jumped in my video.”

“You’re harassing me at this point, so I think you should stop. I think you should stop,” she added.

In a second video that Richardson posted, she is seen engaging in a long discussion with the flight crew. They tell as they tell her that the captain wants her removed from the flight.

Richardson said she did nothing wrong and felt harassed because the flight attendant “jumped in my video” and put his hand in her face.

Richardson posted, “Tell me if I’ll be wrong to pursue legal actions against the airline @americanair not only did the man threaten me but also an innocent bystander who simply just wanted a picture with me.”

She continued, “At the beginning of the video, you can hear a Caucasian male state that he doesn’t give an f*** as a man that a male flight attendant is intimidating a woman.”

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She added, “Also, the captain not doing anything to help the situation, and this flight attendant has the applause when I exited the plane when I’m pretty serious the disrespect I received would not have happened if I was one of them.”

“One of them even stated good luck with your ban ( I see he took the time to do some research but did not stand up for what’s right) soooo @americanair this flight attendant’s name was John, and he refused to state his last name.” .

“However, him and the lady y’all see standing next to him looked me up also if I see videos posted from this flight, watch,” she wrote, concluding, “If I can help just one person not have to deal with a situation like this with an individual like this, I’ll take the heat.”

American Airlines said, “We accommodated the customer on a later flight, and a member of our team has reached out to learn more.”