Former NFL Player Knocked Out United Airlines Employee During Fight At Newark Airport

Another former NFL player in hot water.

There’s viral videos, then there’s a video of a United Airlines ticket agent starting a fight.

Just in case you haven’t seen it yet, the United employee first struck the passenger. The United passenger dropped him with several punches.

Watch below:

Airport security searching for these hands at the gate pic.twitter.com/wbriG16KVO

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Now we have an extended video which shows that the passenger was the one who instigated the incident. The passenger was arrested in relation to the incident, despite claiming that the employee “assaulted” him and threw the first punch in the video, law enforcement confirmed to TMZ.

Watch the longer video below:

Here's a longer version of the video; however, it doesn't show how the altercation between the passenger and boarding agent started. pic.twitter.com/TmT27S5e2C

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The passenger has since been identified as former NFL player Brendan Langley, who took to Twitter to state his case.

“how u start a fight w someone, get beat up to the point where ems gotta come do ur stitches on sight & somehow u get up saying the other person is weak lol the way ppl perceive things is funny asf”

how u start a fight w someone, get beat up to the point where ems gotta come do ur stitches on sight & somehow u get up saying the other person is weak lol the way ppl perceive things is funny asf

— 🥈🥇 (@trllang) May 19, 2022

& @united yall aint off the hook… worst customer experience in the entirety of my life on Heaven!!!!

— 🥈🥇 (@trllang) May 19, 2022

Langley was a third-round pick in the 2017 NFL Draft by the Broncos.

The current CFL player was charged with simple assault.

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