Samantha Fox, the former Page Three model, told a police officer “I know where you live” and threatened to knock his teeth out after a drunken incident on a British Airways flight, a court has heard.
Fox, 58, who appeared at Uxbridge magistrates’ court on Monday, had pleaded guilty at an earlier hearing to being drunk and disorderly at Heathrow airport in December.
She also admitted using threatening behaviour, causing harassment, alarm or distress to a police constable during the incident, which stopped the London to Hamburg flight from taking off.
Julianna Belinfante, prosecuting, said flight staff were made aware that Fox was “having an argument and being rude towards the gate staff” at 7pm. She was seen “walking and behaving strangely and was slurring her words, and staff could smell alcohol on her”.
Fox began “behaving in a confrontational manner” towards her wife, Linda Olsen, and after the former model began “rocking back and forth in her chair, headbutting the seat in front of her”, the decision was made to return the plane to the gate, the court heard.
The Celebrity Big Brother star had been due to stand trial at the same court after she denied assaulting Mrs Olsen during the incident, but the charge was dropped. It is understood this came after changes to the evidence meant there was no longer a realistic prospect of conviction.
‘I’ll knock your teeth out’
Alastair Smith, defending, said the “suggestion of a punch” was “never substantiated” and arose because “there was an air stewardess who thought she’d heard something which then got communicated as a physical act”.
In security footage shown to the court, Fox could be heard telling one officer “I know where you live” as she was being led to the cells, telling officers to “piss off” and threatening to “go on TV in two days and tell all about you”.
The court heard she told Pc Ashley Smith “I know where you live, I’ll knock your teeth out” and called the officer “a ginger c—” a number of times.
Fox gave a no comment interview while in custody but mentioned the flight was to a “charity event” in Germany and apologised for the incident, the court heard.
Mr Smith, defending, said Fox had purchased two drinks at the airport to “calm her nerves” as she was “suffering from severe anxiety” at the time.
British Airways said they had lost £1,718 and nine pence as a result of the incident, the court heard.
Fox will be sentenced on Monday afternoon.