Sudanese-born top Australian model appears set to avoid a 21-year prison sentence

The former Miss Australian finalist who called an air marshall a ‘white trash b***h’ and attacked a flight attendant is set to avoid a 21-year prison sentence. 

Adau Mornyang was arrested for lashing out at two United Airlines flight staff during a 14-hour flight from Melbourne to Los Angeles on January 21.      

The 25-year-old, whose foul-mouthed tirade was recorded in shocking audio, will learn her fate in a US court on Monday.

 

Adau Mornyang (pictured) was arrested for lashing out at two United Airlines flight staff during a 14-hour flight from Melbourne to Los Angeles on January 21 

The 25-year-old, whose foul-mouthed tirade was recorded in shocking audio, will learn her fate in a US court on Monday

The 25-year-old, whose foul-mouthed tirade was recorded in shocking audio, will learn her fate in a US court on Monday

In an audio clip obtained by A Current Affair, Mornyang is heard drunkenly hurling abuse at crew and calling an air marshall a ‘white trash b***h.’

‘You need to shut the f**k up and tolerate whatever the f**ing bull***t you are getting! Ya b***h!’ Mornyang says.

‘Don’t you ever dare come up to me and tell me, “oh, you are disturbing everybody else.”

‘How am I disturbing everybody else? Right now I am disturbing everybody else….because of f***ing you, you f***ing white trash b***!’ 

Court documents revealed she had asked for a glass of wine but a flight attendant discovered an empty bottle of wine near her seat when he went to serve her.

She claims to have mixed two glasses of wine with prescription pills to help her sleep, but attendants insist it was closer to five or six glasses before she was cut off. 

An Los Angeles jury in March found Mornyang guilty of interference and assault of flight attendants. 

Prosecutors are recommending she serve just one month behind bars, followed by three months of home detention and two years of supervised release. 

But Mornyang may avoid jail altogether with prison officers pushing for Judge Cormac Carney to sentence her to three years of probation and a AUD$2,849 fine. 

‘While the government is sympathetic of defendant’s tragic and sad past, defendant’s unprovoked physical attack of a flight attendant and the potential dangerous consequences of that action warrant a custodial term,’ prosecutors wrote in a pre-sentence court filing.

An LA jury in March found Mornyang  of interference and assault of flight attendants

An LA jury in March found Mornyang of interference and assault of flight attendants

An LA jury in March found Mornyang (left and right) of interference and assault of flight attendants 

Several passengers began to complain to staff about Mornyang’s disruptive behaviour about nine hours into the flight.

They said she was ‘flailing her arms, and yelling obscenities and racial slurs’, according to a release by the Department of Justice. 

‘But guess what? I am a black African woman who is unstable, who needs to be controlled, who needs to shut the f**k up!’ she continues. 

‘What did you do? Exactly the same thing as what you doing right now, crying on the phone, calling the captain!’

‘B***h! You’re my flight attendant! I am supposed to have some trust in you, no matter my skin colour or what!

‘But right now you’re calling the cops on me because of s**t I didn’t do, because some white-a** b***h complained to you about me.

‘I’m ready! I’m ready for your white a**!’

Mornyang then removed her socks and began to throw them at travellers. 

She was eventually restrained by an air marshal and handcuffed to the jump seat.  

Several passengers began to complain to staff about Mornyang's disruptive behaviour about nine hours into the flight

Several passengers began to complain to staff about Mornyang’s disruptive behaviour about nine hours into the flight 

Travellers said the model was 'flailing her arms, and yelling obscenities and racial slurs', according to a release by the Department of Justice

Travellers said the model was ‘flailing her arms, and yelling obscenities and racial slurs’, according to a release by the Department of Justice 

The judge noted that about two hours before the plane landed in LA, Mornyang was allowed to use the bathroom, but she stayed inside for 45 minutes and would not leave, and one point fell asleep.

Marshals had to carry her out and ‘while they held her arms and legs, she allegedly kicked’ one of the marshals in the chest, the court heard. 

The former Miss Australia contender claimed to have no recollection of the commotion.

‘All I remember was waking up after sleeping for eight hours,’ she said in a text message after the incident. 

Marshals had to carry her out and 'while they held her arms and legs, she allegedly kicked' one of the marshals in the chest, the court heard

Marshals had to carry her out and ‘while they held her arms and legs, she allegedly kicked’ one of the marshals in the chest, the court heard 

Mornyang, who moved to Australia as a refugee when she was 10, said: ‘I was so confused and begging and pleading for them to tell me what I did. 

‘I was ignored, I was in and out of consciousness, and was later locked up in federal prison still with no memory of what I was arrested for. 

‘This whole alleged slapping is a big shock to me and I cry every night wondering why I have no memory of it. How I could of done it while asleep,’ she told The Herald Sun in March.

She said the accusations have ruined her burgeoning career, having just landed her biggest contract to date before she was arrested.

Mornyang has previously modelled for makeup giant Sephora, and recently walked in New York Fashion Week. 

Earlier this month she asked a Californian judge to throw out her conviction – but the motion was later dismissed. 

Prosecutors noted her behaviour was so severe, unpredictable and unmanageable that several air marshals were forced out from undercover to restrain her.  

Prosecutors noted Mornyang's behaviour was so severe, unpredictable and unmanageable that several air marshals were forced out from undercover to restrain her

Prosecutors noted Mornyang’s behaviour was so severe, unpredictable and unmanageable that several air marshals were forced out from undercover to restrain her 

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