Singer-songwriter Bebe Rexha said she was threatened and banned from a flight in Germany after speaking with a security agent in Albania. On August 17, Rexha shared an emotional video on her Instagram story, describing the alleged incident and tagging airline Lufthansa. In the video, a tearful Reksha told her fans that she was not allowed through security and that she was the victim of a „hate crime”.
”I was intimidated because I thought the security agent was Albanian. I asked him in Albanian where to get my ticket and now he’s banning me from the plane,” she captioned a video of herself crying at Munich International Airport in Germany.
She is in another story wrote”I believe this is a hate crime because I am Albanian. He won’t let his name be taken. He kept mentally torturing me to make me feel more powerful [than] He was. Not one of the ladies at @Lufthansa stepped in or said anything. He won’t give me his name. But I just found out that he works in the ATSG service company document control employed by Lufthansa.
Raksha too Reposted His mother’s plea for the singer to be brought home safely and a call to Munich airport to „investigate the male officer who was threatened.” [woman]For speaking Albanian.
After her Instagram posts went viral, she received love and support from her fans. One user wrote, “This girl is always mistreated or insulted… Bebe Rexha should start respecting her.
Another added, „She’s really done nothing wrong and just keeps getting over it. She wants nothing but peace for the future.” A fourth said, „This girl doesn’t bother anyone…leave her alone.” 'That security agent is racist and should be sacked.
Last year, he suffered a head injury after a man threw his phone at him during a concert at Pier 17 in New York City. Video of the incident, shared by concertgoers on social media, showed the singer collapsing to her knees and collapsing in pain as the cell phone hit the side of her head. She was then led away with hands pressed to her face.