Salt-N-Pepa's Sandra Denton says she was KICKED OFF a Southwest Airlines flight after refusing to give up a second seat she paid for

Salt-N-Pepa personnel Sandra 'Pepa' Denton documented an incident successful which she was removed from a Southwest Airlines formation heading from Las Vegas, Nevada, to Nashville, Tennessee, connected Monday.

The 59-year-old rapper shared a video to Instagram apparently showing nan aftermath of nan confrontation, aft she had already left nan jet.

In nan video, which featured her speaking to employees, she claimed that nan rumor began aft 1 of nan featured labor questioned her astir having 2 seats.

Denton besides claimed that different man asked for her spot — and he was apparently fixed it aft she was escorted disconnected nan jet. 

In a connection to DailyMail.com, Southwest said: 'Our Flight Crews are responsible for nan Safety and Comfort of each Passengers successful nan cabin. With that successful mind, they denied boarding to nan Customer and her summons was refunded.'

An lawyer for Denton declined to comment.

The musician was taking nan formation to a gathering successful Nashville, and she often chooses nan aforesaid flight, arsenic she said it is nan only nonstop formation to nan music-focused metropolis from Vegas, according to TMZ.

She said she opted to acquisition 2 seats owed to a limb wounded related to a 2018 car crash, and she besides had a greeter return her successful a wheelchair up to nan level door.

Southwest famously allows passengers to take their ain seats erstwhile they get connected nan plane, alternatively than forcing customers to take seats beforehand and charging other for little uncomfortable seats, arsenic astir different airlines do.

Denton claims that she was approached by a man, who was seen speaking to her successful her video, astir why she had 2 seats.

He claimed successful nan video that he asked her because he didn't spot a formed aliases brace, though she had a brace pinch her and allegedly put it connected aft nan conversation.

It's unclear if it was made known to nan worker that Denton had purchased tickets for 2 seats, aliases if he whitethorn person been nether nan belief that she was utilizing a 2nd spot without having paid for it owed to an alleged aesculapian condition.

However, he notes successful nan video that Southwest has a argumentation allowing ample customers to get a 2nd spot successful immoderate instances, though he told Denton that she wasn't 'encroaching' connected nan spot adjacent to her, truthful he assumed that was not nan logic that she had a seat.

The video doesn't explain why precisely Pepa was kicked disconnected nan formation aft that first encounter. She says successful nan clip that a man asked for her seat, and past nan worker who first questioned her indicates that she was removed for filming connected nan flight.

Southwest did not reply a mobility astir its argumentation connected passengers filming their interactions pinch formation crews.

Denton changeable backmost that she had ne'er filmed while connected nan plane, and she claimed she was simply connected a telephone to her assistant, and it wasn't until she was retired of nan pitchy that she began filming.

It didn't look that nan labor were going to beryllium reversing nan decision, though, and he and different female that Denton said was progressive successful nan kerfuffle tried to get her to time off nan walkway to nan jet, arsenic it was astir to time off and nan walkway would beryllium moving.

Toward nan extremity of nan clip, she forcefully shouts astatine nan worker aft turning her camera toward nan exit, though it's unclear if he touched her arsenic she began slow stepping away.

During nan altercation, Denton had her 2 tickets held retired successful beforehand of nan camera to beryllium she had paid for some seats, though Southwest has now refunded them.

The hose did not respond to questions astir whether it had contacted Denton successful consequence to nan incident, but she indicated to TMZ that she is considering imaginable ineligible actions against nan airline.

In her video, she mentioned a antheral rider who asked her to springiness up her 2nd seat.

While speaking to TMZ, Denton claimed that nan man told her he needed nan 2nd spot because he was heading to a funeral. It's unclear if nary different seats were unfastened connected nan formation astatine nan clip that he asked her.

The rapper said she tried explaining to nan man that she had nan spot owed to an injury, and she said different passengers began arguing astir whether aliases not she should person to springiness up nan spot aft she paid other for it.

She appeared to deliberation nan man's communicative was suspicious, and Pepa said she asked hullo to committedness that he was taking nan formation to a funeral, though she claims that he past refused to do so, and apparently didn't supply immoderate impervious to her that he was going to a funeral.

She notes that her adjunct urged her to grounds nan full ordeal, though she claims she did not do so. 

But aft that, she was told she had to time off nan formation by staff, though she claims nary logic was fixed for nan ejection.

According to Denton, that man who claimed he needed her 2nd paid-for spot ended up getting it aft she was kicked disconnected nan flight.

It's unclear what domiciled nan man played successful her ejection, but nan Salt-N-Pepa personnel besides alleged that formation attendants tried to move her into an exit row, which she would not person been capable to beryllium in, arsenic her wounded would person prevented her from assisting pinch removal if location was an emergency. 

She clarified that she was capable to reschedule nan gathering she was walking to successful Nashville, but she paid for nan greeter to ferry her to nan plane, and she besides mislaid nan $500 she paid for car work astatine her destination.

However, Denton said Southwest refunded nan $2500 she paid for her tickets.