Bebe Rexha Claims Hate Crime for Speaking Albanian at Munich Airport
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- Bebe Rexha claimed a hate crime at Munich Airport on August 17.
- Rexha alleged she was banned from a Lufthansa flight for speaking Albanian to a security person, who she thought was Albanian.
- The popstar posted tearful videos on Instagram recounting the event.
- The security agent, reportedly from the Lufthansa-hired ATSG company, allegedly threatened her.
- "I believe this to be a hate crime because I am Albanian," 'In the Name of Love' singer wrote on Instagram. "[The supervisor] would not let me take his name. He continued to mentally abuse me to make me feel like he was more powerful then [sic] he was."
- Rexha, who is of Albanian and North Macedonian descent, says she felt ethnically targeted.
- Lufthansa has contacted Rexha, promising a thorough investigation into the incident.