A woman has filed a lawsuit against LAPD and Airport Police claiming she was jailed for 13 days before police realized they had the wrong woman.
Highlights
- Bethany Farber’s ordeal began last April when she was on her way to Mexico to visit family.
- She said TSA officials told her there was a warrant out for her arrest in Texas.
- Farber was held for nearly two weeks at the Lynwood women’s jail without bail.
- Her family hired lawyers in Texas and Southern California to work on her release.
- The ordeal caused her ailing grandmother to suffer a stroke that led to her death, Farber said.
- LAPD and LAX police told ABC7 they do not comment on pending litigation.