1 y; Q+ S8 G o# k4 x4 NActor Ralph Fiennes says he was seduced by an Australian stewardess during a steamy, midflight bathroom encounter.3 r1 t0 l3 M$ q& M! U
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Ending his week of silence on the scandal, the Oscar nominee has spoken out about his liaison with Qantas flight attendant Lisa Robertson.+ a; N- ]) f+ m! M( G- A) \
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"She initiated the encounter," his media manager Sara Keene told News Ltd newspapers.- T; s, n0 r% `0 W/ f, I7 M
1 ]) \' M( f2 B* D+ p! N"This woman seduced him on a plane. She was the sexual aggressor. " ]' R3 @: @* ]5 i7 A5 e5 |/ ^- f! V) \1 b+ p1 G7 J. |) i9 u
"Yet she said in her official statement [to Qantas] that he had initiated it ... and virtually accused him of forcing himself upon her. The point I am making is that she initiated it. He didn't force himself upon her." 2 }$ l# U6 l$ B1 S) M 9 _, A2 ^4 ] K' f" s' wMs Robertson told friends the pair had unprotected sex in a toilet on a plane as it flew from Darwin to Mumbai, according to reports in Britain's Daily Mail newspaper last week.- S- U' r, d1 J! k0 R/ g
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During the nine-hour flight, the pair sat together on the crew jump seat, which is used for staff breaks, and chatted. $ I3 [" {( U' [+ C! S% ]# Z. S& f# p& g" T' p
Ms Robertson said there was a lot of "body language" between them.