Patricia Cornwall has been identified as the woman arrested after slapping an elderly passenger during a recent flight to Atlanta.
Cornwall, who played a small role in a 1987 Baywatch episode, has now been given the unflattering nickname of “Delta Karen” for her behavior.
The video footage on another passenger’s phone showed Patricia Cornwall, whose stage name was Patty Breton, slapping a male passenger in the face after the pair had thrown insults at each other during the flight.
On the way from Tampa, Florida to Atlanta last week, Cornwall returned to her Delta flight seat when she asked a flight attendant for help.
The flight attendant, serving drinks and pushing a beverage cart, asked Cornwall to temporarily find a vacant seat until the onboard catering service was complete.
According to court documents, Patricia Cornwall was unhappy about finding another seat and instead asked the flight attendant, “What am I, Rosa Parks?”
The male passenger stepped in and began to make comments telling Cornwall that she “wasn’t Black,” neither was she in Alabama nor on a bus.
The other passenger has been identified as Russell Miller, who is 80 years old.
After further insults were thrown between the two passengers, the man told Cornwall to “sit down, Karen,” using the name which has come to be used to insult White women who are seen to be behaving in an entitled manner.
Cornwall reportedly told the man to “sit down p***y,” and both passengers yelled at each other to “mask up.”
The former Playboy: Cheerleaders actress then slapped her fellow passenger, as he reacted by telling her, “Now you’re going to jail! That’s assault.”
Upon landing at Hartsfield Jackson Atlanta International Airport, Patricia Cornwall was arrested and taken into custody by the FBI before being charged with assault.
She posted a $20,000 bond at her arraignment and later faced a judge who said she can fly on a plane again, but only to return home to Los Angeles.
According to the police report, Miller was “punched in the face and scratched on his face eye area,” and another unnamed passenger was “burned by hot water because of [Cornwall’s] disruptive actions.”
Cornwall also kicked a flight attendant during the brawl. The media started digging into the woman’s past and discovered that she had a long criminal history.
In 2020, she was arrested in Los Angeles for DUI.
In January of 2021, her sister-in-law, Monica Cummings, filed for domestic violence protection after Cornwall left her voice messages threatening to kill her.
Last month, she landed in serious trouble with the law for allegedly trying to fight with police officers in Florida during an arrest for driving under the influence.
