A passenger accused of sexually assaulting a sleeping woman on a flight to Miami left a nasty note behind
A French man allegedly sexually assaulted a sleeping woman sitting next to him on a flight to Miami – then returned to leave her a terrifying note, according to court records.
Guillaume Sebastien Roger Mattler, 48, is charged with sexual assault in connection with Tuesday’s shocking incident on Swiss International Air Lines Flight LX64, according to a criminal complaint obtained by The Post.
Mattler and the 29-year-old woman, whom he did not know, were “seated next to each other in first class” en route to the Sunshine State from Zurich, the complaint said.
The woman fell asleep during the international flight when two other passengers saw this stomach turning.
Two passengers are suspected to have seen the man from France touching the woman while she was sleeping, one man was frightened and took out his cell phone, took many videos and informed his friend, according to a document first reported by Local10.
After the passenger became “extremely concerned,” he reported the complaint to a flight attendant, it is alleged.
“Witness 2 saw Mattler make a ‘submarine’ motion with his hand, as if trying to get his hand under the Victim’s clothing and/or between her legs,” the FBI Special Agent wrote in the complaint.
As the flight attendant rushed to check the situation, it is alleged that he saw Mattler put his hand “on the stranger’s butt, over his jeans, making a movement to rub or rub his private part.”
After being harassed, Mattler was unable to tell a flight attendant if he knew the woman and was moved to an instructor position, federal officials said.
When the flight attendant woke the woman up to tell her what had happened, she was “shocked” and “shaking and crying,” court documents state.
After Mattler was returned to his seat to retrieve his belongings, the suspect allegedly attempted to hand the victim a note that said “you look good when you’re sleeping,” the complaint added.
He then told investigators that “nothing happened on the plane.” But, when confronted with video evidence, the woman admitted that she “touched the woman sitting next to her and didn’t think it was such a big deal,” court documents said.
After only touching her lower and upper buttocks, the enraged Frenchman said, “He touched anything he could reach beyond the weapons rest,” investigators said.
“Mattler advised that his first goal was to get the woman’s phone number and give her his,” the FBI agent wrote. “He then handed over a note in his pocket on his business card that said ‘you look good when you sleep,’ along with the flight details and seat number.”
It is said that he also reported to the agents that he had taken pictures on his phone but turned them off before the police found them.
Mattler appeared in federal court in Miami on Wednesday and is due back in court on Monday, Local10 reported.
Prosecutors want to keep him in prison because he is dangerous and a danger to society, the newspaper reported.
Court documents said he initially refused help from the French embassy.
