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Drunk Plane Pisser Was Drunk Before He Got On Plane

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Robert "Sandy" Vietze (via USSKITEAM.com)
The saga of the 18-year-old who, during a drunken stupor, then urinated on the 12-year-old girl on his flight continues. Robert "Sandy" Vietze was hit with a federal indecent-exposure charge. The charges detail that he was drinking before he ever got to Portland International Airport (therefore JetBlue did not serve an underage passenger!).

When the plane landed at JFK Airport, Vietze was removed by Port Authority cops. According to the Post, a Port Authority detective said, "Vietze reported that prior to his flight he was at a bar, not at the airport, and drank five, six beers and two rum-and-cokes. Vietze remembers boarding the flight and later passing out. Vietze reported that alcohol 'hit' him during the flight. The next thing he remembers is being yelled at by the girl's father." Vietz apparently claimed it was an accident (some accident!) but the girl's father, reportedly a Stage 4 cancer survivor who was naturally furious, described Vietze as "out of it."

A Port Authority spokeswoman explains, "He was intoxicated and was charged, as it's against the law to pee on another person." For what it's worth, the girl's father refused to file criminal charges, lest he drag his daughter through more trauma. A federal indecent exposure conviction could mean up to a year in prison.

Vietze is a top-ranked young skier, but he was thrown off the U.S. ski team's development squad in the wake of the scandal; the group issued a statement, "Based on the information we have, Sandy Vietze is in violation of the USSA code of conduct and team agreement, and has been dismissed from the team." Here's video of him wiping out at Sugarbush:

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  • That's all he drank? What a light weight. The pilots probably had more than that...

  • Roger_the_Shrubber

    How did this story get leaked out to the press?

  • GregJG

    Haha good one

  • SFNY

    Talk about pissing away your career...

  • >>>For what it's worth, the girl's father refused to file criminal charges, left he drag his daughter through more trauma.

    Left he drag? 

    Will you guys ever post an article without typos?   

  • Never, if it means that the complaints will stop coming, because you know how much fun those are to read.

  • Andrew Breslow

    i could care less about dumb typos jen. this website is everything NY1 should be. i dont feel like you get enough gratitude so...thank you and your team for maintaining it :-). 

    doesnt hurt to be nice, guys!

  • Every damn story.  How shocking that you think it is funny.

  • Guest

    Normally it wouldn't be that funny, but with the addition of reactions such as yours it becomes hilarious.

  • robingee

    The agony of de pee.

    "left he drag his daughter through more trauma"  
    Lest.

  • Thanks!

  • dogbertt

    So is she 11, or 12?

  • Andy Crowder-Schaefer

    Does it matter? "Oh she was 12? Then pee away!"

  • dogbertt

    Well that's the law, isn't it?

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