Australian woman claiming to be Marcos' half-sister charged over drunken brawl mid-flight
An Australian woman claiming to be the half-sister of President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. has been accused of causing drunken disturbance in an airplane that she was on.
According to a report by AP News, the 53-year-old woman, identified as Analisa Josefa Corr, is facing raps for allegedly assaulting a fellow passenger outside the plane’s toilet. She and her husband, James Alexander Corr, allegedly got intoxicated after drinking the alcohol they had brought with them during the flight.
They were subsequently sent to a nearby police station after the plane landed and were charged over the incident.
Analisa previously claimed that she is the daughter of former president and dictator Ferdinand Marcos Sr. as well as the half-sister of Bongbong and his three other siblings Imee, Irene, and Aimee.
She made this claim back in 2011 when she told Australian news outlets that she had been removed from a reality show called The Renovators after she disclosed that she was the daughter of the late dictator.
Her mother, Evelin Hegyesi, was said to have fostered an illicit affair in the 1970s with the senior Marcos, who was married to Imelda Marcos. She was 19 years old at the time.
While Bongbong had already been made aware of Analisa's claims that she was related to them, he neither confirmed nor denied the relationship in 2011 as he merely said at an event that he has "been hearing those rumors for more than 20 years now."
Analisa and her husband have been charged with failing to comply with cabin crew safety directions and with consuming alcohol not provided by flight attendants on a Jetstar domestic flight.
The two have appeared before a local court where they had their passports returned to them as long as they would abide by conditions, including that they do not drink on an aircraft or in Australian international or domestic airport departure halls. They also had to pay 20,000 Australian dollars (PhP725,338) each to the court.
