Terrell Davis says United Airlines locked him out after handcuffing him

DENVER – Terrell Davis said he was banned from flying on United Airlines after being removed from a plane in handcuffs.

The NFL Hall of Fame member posted on social media Tuesday morning that United had placed him on the no-fly list until the incident was investigated.

“To make matters worse, United not only had me removed from their flight in handcuffs, but they also placed me on their no-fly list after determining I had done nothing wrong and was released,” Davis said on Instagram. “While my family and I continue to have difficult conversations with our children, I will continue to fight for what is right for all United passengers.”

9NEWS contacted United Airlines but received no response.

The former Bronco posted on social media on July 15 that he was handcuffed and questioned by FBI agents after a United flight attendant accused Davis of hitting him.

Davis was flying from Denver to Orange County, California, with his wife and three children on July 13. In an Instagram post, he said he touched the flight attendant’s arm to get her attention and that he wanted to ask the flight attendant for some ice cream for his son.

Davis said that when he “lightly tapped the flight attendant on the arm” to ask for the cup of ice cream, the attendant “yelled, ‘Don’t hit me,'” left her car and walked to the front of the plane. Davis said he was confused by the exchange and had no further contact with the flight attendant for the remainder of the flight.

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A video showing Davis being led off the plane in handcuffs was released by his lawyers on July 23.

The video obtained by CNN does not show Davis’ interaction with the flight attendant, but it captures what happened when the plane landed in California. It shows Davis being handcuffed and escorted off the plane by several police officers.

Davis said six FBI and police officers entered the plane and handcuffed him. After he was escorted off the plane, Davis said he was questioned and officers determined the flight attendant’s “allegations were inaccurate.” He said police officers apologized to him and offered support to Davis and his family.

A member of United’s press department said in a statement that the airline had reached out to Davis’ team and apologized, and that the flight attendant had been relieved of duty pending the investigation.

Davis said he was calling for a thorough and proper investigation, adding that the experience was “traumatic” and left him “humiliated, ashamed, powerless and angry.”

The law firm Stinar Gould Grieco & Hensley released a statement on behalf of Davis and his family, saying the video corroborates the story Davis shared on social media and that the event was “traumatic.”

Reporting by Marissa Solomon, Darren Whitehead and Kevin Vaughan contributed to this article.