Lee Ryan

Lee Ryan told a black flight attendant “I want your chocolate children” and asked her to kiss him while drunk on a plane, a court heard. | ITV News London.

“I just felt like it wasn’t fair and I shouldn’t have to put up with it. He said to me ‘I want your chocolate children.’” She said: “He told me he had a problem, that he was being harassed by other passengers, that he was famous and asked did I know who he was.” She told the court: “He was towering over me, like he was leaning in to give me a kiss. She added: “It felt like he was saying I was beautiful for a black person because of the way he was describing my colour.” She said: “He was making comments about my complexion, you’re my chocolate darling, my chocolate cookie, and I’m going to have your chocolate children.”

He kept his head down as he made his way into the court and was seen looking at his phone.

He was taken into custody at an east London police station and was released under investigation the following day." He has also taken part in a number of reality TV shows including Celebrity Big Brother in 2014 and Strictly Come Dancing in 2018. Arriving at court on Thursday, he was photographed wearing a charcoal grey suit with an open white shirt, a pair of black shoes and a black belt. [London City Airport](https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/all-about/airports) for a public order offence after an incident on a flight from [Glasgow](https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/all-about/glasgow) on July 31. [The Mirror reports](https://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/blue-singer-lee-ryan-pictured-28934879) a A Met Police spokesman previously said: "At around 1640hrs on Sunday, 31 July, officers met a flight that had arrived at London City Airport from Glasgow. [Ealing Magistrates' Court](https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/all-about/courts) today following an incident on a British Airways flight in July.

The musician, 39, was said to be 'slurring his words and staggering around' after drinking a bottle of port before a British Airways flight from Glasgow to ...

The flight attendant said: “He was angry, saying he was a gold card holder and that he needed to be moved because of this.” She said: “He told me he had a problem, that he was being harassed by other passengers, that he was famous and asked did I know who he was.” Ryan told the court his actions were merely “playful” and denied the use of the word chocolate was racist. She said: “He was making comments about my complexion, you’re my chocolate darling, my chocolate cookie, and I’m going to have your chocolate children.” He told the court of “annoying” a passenger next to him by asking what book he was reading, with no recollection of what occurred after that. Ms Gordon said: “He was making comments about my complexion, you’re my chocolate darling, my chocolate cookie, and I’m going to have your chocolate children.”

Blue singer Lee Ryan was found guilty after arriving at Ealing Magistrates' Court in London, charged with abusing and assaulting a member of the crew ...

The flight attendant said: "He was angry, saying he was a gold card holder and that he needed to be moved because of this." She said: "He told me he had a problem, that he was being harassed by other passengers, that he was famous and asked did I know who he was." Ryan appeared in the dock and told the court of "annoying" a passenger next to him by asking what book he was reading, with no recollection of what occurred after that. She said: "He was towering over me, like he was leaning in to give me a kiss." She said: "He was making comments about my complexion, you're my chocolate darling, my chocolate cookie, and I'm going to have your chocolate children." After he boarded the plane, he was refused anymore alcohol and was told to return to his seat, prompting him to make comments about a flight attendant's looks, calling her a "chocolate cookie" before grabbing her wrists, it was alleged.

Blue singer Lee Ryan has been found guilty in court of the racially aggravated assault of a Black flight attendant.

When Ryan took to the stand, he became tearful and referred to his Blue bandmate Simon Webbe as he said: ‘I’m sorry. It was banter, just drunk banter I suppose, there was no malice or intention to upset anyone.’ ‘To get comments about my colour whether intentional or not, it was just unacceptable and so derogatory,’ she said. I don’t go to work to be assaulted or harassed.’ ‘A 39-year-old man was arrested for a public order offence. ‘For that I want to apologise to everyone I have upset or offended,’ he said, before going into how he ‘acted inappropriately on a flight to London’. When Ryan appeared in court on Thursday, he testified that he was drunk when he referred to a Black flight attendant as ‘chocolate’ before he was arrested following the incident. She claimed that he was ‘towering over’ her as though he was ‘leaning in to gibve me a kiss’, and while she told him to ‘stay away’, he allegedly grabbed her by her wrists. He was found guilty in court of being drunk on an aircraft, assaulting a police officer by biting him, racially aggravated common assault by beating and behaving in an abusive way towards the cabin crew member. [told the female cabin crew member ‘I want your chocolate children’](https://metro.co.uk/2023/01/12/blues-lee-ryan-tells-court-im-not-racist-after-flight-attendant-incident-18086226/) and asked her to kiss him while he was drunk on a British Airways flight from Glasgow to [London](https://metro.co.uk/tag/london/?ico=auto_link_entertainment_P2_LNK1) on July 31 last year. [arrested following ‘disruptive behaviour’](https://metro.co.uk/2022/08/02/blue-star-lee-ryan-arrested-after-disruptive-behaviour-on-flight-17109804/) on the flight when he was allegedly not served alcohol. In court, Ryan stated: ‘I’m not racist’, saying that it was ‘drunk banter’ on the flight and there was no malice or intention to upset anyone’.

The singer, 39, was "slurring his words and staggering around" after drinking a whole bottle of port before a British Airways flight from Glasgow to London City ...

He also told the court: "You've got a celebrity who believes he is entitled to harassing a woman." He told police officers in an interview, read to the court: "I wish I could ring her up and apologise and offer her some Blue tickets for the next tour." Ryan, who was tearful in the dock before giving evidence, said he drank a whole bottle of port and ate cheese in the BA lounge after the flight was delayed. Ms Gordon told the court: "He said to me 'I want your chocolate children.'" Ms Gordon told the court that Ryan initially called her "beautiful" and put his sunglasses on her face. After being refused more alcohol on the plane and told to return to his seat, Ryan made comments about Leah Gordon's looks, calling her a "chocolate cookie" before grabbing her wrists.

The Blue star faces charges including being drunk on an aircraft, assaulting a police officer and racially aggravated common assault by beating.

Jade Smith said: “He told me he had a problem, that he was being harassed by other passengers, that he was famous and asked did I know who he was.” She noticed Ryan was “slurring his words and staggering around” and cut him off from ordering alcohol, it was alleged. She said: “He was angry, saying he was a gold card holder and that he needed to be moved because of this.” He told the court of “annoying” a passenger next to him by asking what book he was reading, with no recollection of what occurred after that. She went on: “It felt like he was saying I was beautiful for a black person because of the way he was describing my colour.” After being refused more alcohol on the plane and told to return to his seat, Ryan made comments about Leah Gordon’s looks, calling her a “chocolate cookie” before grabbing her wrists, it was alleged.

Blue singer Lee Ryan has been found guilty of a racially aggravated assault on a British Airways air hostess while drunk on a plane.

He told her “stop being boring, let’s have a drink”, the court heard. “It felt like he was saying I was beautiful for a black person because of the way he was describing my colour.” “I just felt like it wasn’t fair and I shouldn’t have to put up with it. She said: “He was angry, saying he was a gold card holder and that he needed to be moved because of this.” He told the court of “annoying” a passenger next to him by asking what book he was reading, with no recollection of what occurred after that. “He was towering over me, like he was leaning in to give me a kiss,” Ms Gordon told the court: “I was intimidated, I felt a bit embarrassed like I wasn’t doing my duty properly.