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Colorado Army Veteran Claims Sexual Assault During Flight

DENVER (CBS4)- A Colorado Army veteran says she was sexually assaulted while on a Frontier flight.

Lena Ramsey was on a red-eye flight last month from Denver to Providence. She says as soon as she began to sleep, a passenger seated behind her fondled her.

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"And it dawned on me that I had a hand coming through my window seat on my right side and the passenger behind me was groping me," said Ramsey.

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She says she told a flight attendant but didn't hear anything after that. After landing, she told the pilot what happened who then contacted TSA.

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