Queen of the small screen Oprah Winfrey has been drawn into a bizarre legal battle involving a sex scandal and bickering amongst her staff.
The talk show host allegedly fired two employees, who worked on her private jet, after other staff members claimed they had a steamy ‘mile-high’ session while Oprah snoozed in the cabin.
But former flight attendant Corinne Gehrls, 39, has hit back at the billionaire host, claiming the allegations she had sex with a pilot were part of a culture of backstabbing and jealousy amongst Oprah’s staff.
In what could be the plot of one of Oprah’s much loved book-club dramas, Ms Gehrls has slammed fellow employees, including Oprah’s god-daughter and a flight attendant named Myron Gooch, for making up the rumours.
According to details alleged in the lawsuit, Ms Gehrls claims Mr Gooch was seeking revenge over complaints previously made about his work ethic and requests to have his hours changed so he could ‘attend to his cats’ and stay in better hotels than the other staff.
Both the flight attendant and pilot behind the mile-high accusations successfully passed lie-detector tests.
Ms Gehrls is now suing Oprah for around $400,000.
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