Woman Arrested at Fort Lauderdale Airport Over Hotel Demand

A woman was arrested at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport on December 15, 2024, after she was denied boarding on a Spirit Airlines flight because she was intoxicated.

Bodycam footage shows a Broward Sheriff's Office deputy speaking with the woman near the Spirit counter. She said she had been drinking and was heading home from a birthday trip, and she argued that Spirit should pay for a hotel room because she was not fit to travel.

The deputy told her the airline would not provide a room and advised her to sit down and sober up. About 30 minutes later, she returned to the counter, where she was offered a rebooking or a refund.

She continued to ask for a hotel room and was told she had to leave the airport. After a warning that she would go to jail, she was placed in handcuffs.

She was charged with trespass in an occupied structure or conveyance and disorderly intoxication. The case is listed as closed in court records.

The footage was obtained through a Florida public records request. Charges are accusations, and everyone is presumed innocent unless proven guilty in a court of law.