Former NBA player Eric Murdock is suing United Airlines for $10 million in relation to an incident from July 13, according to Kristen Griffith of USA Today.
In a lawsuit filed in New York Eastern District Court, Murdock, who is black, accused the white female flight attendant of "race-baiting" when Murdock attempted to switch seats on Flight 1537. He and his son were traveling from Las Vegas to Newark Airport in New Jersey following a conference. Murdock asked if he could switch his seat to an empty one in the emergency row to be with his son.