A Brazilian court has ordered Qatar Airways to pay for therapy for a plus-size model who claims she was informed she was “too large” to board her aircraft.

Influencer Juliana Nehme, 38, accused the airline of refusing to allow her board her flight from Beirut to Doha on Tuesday, November 22nd, due to her weight. She asserted that Qatar staff would not permit her to board the aircraft with her purchasing an additional business class ticket for $3,000 (£2,480), on top of the $1,000 (£830) ticket she had already bought.

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Nehme recorded the staff members she said would not allow her board and released the video of the incident on social media at the time. I was severely humiliated in front of everyone at the airport, it said in the message. purely due to my FAT! It is shameful for a company like Qatar to permit this kind of discrimination against people. Even though I’m FAT But I’m JUST LIKE EVERYONE!

“It’s not right that after I pay for my ticket, I’m HUMILIATED, THREATENED, and DENIED  FROM FLYING!” At the time, Qatar Airways stated that Ms. Nehme was denied boarding owing to her “very rude and aggressive” behaviour toward airline personnel and the fact that one member of her group did not have the proper Covid-19 documentation.

But after a court proceeding in Sao Paulo on the incident, Qatar Airways was ordered to pay Ms. Nehme’s psychological care, Daily Mail has reported. On December 20, Judge Renata Martins de Carvalho issued a decision requiring the airline to cover “a weekly treatment session for a period of at least one year, totaling BRL 19,200 (£3,000).”

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She asserted throughout the hearing that providing Ms. Nehme with urgent relief “is a reasonable and proportionate remedy to guarantee that the stressful and traumatic experience is overcome.” According to her lawyer, the decision constituted a “milestone in the struggle against prejudice.”

“It was like I wasn’t a human being to them,” Ms. Nehme remarked in reference to the incident. I was a fat monster who couldn’t join the group. Utterly horrible. Never in my life had I ever anticipated going through this.

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