New information has emerged calling into question the angry reaction of a man who accused a woman of stealing his charging cable on a delayed JetBlue flight. In fact, it now appears the man was nothing more than a petty, attention-grabbing, opportunistic child.
Witness: JetBlue “Cable Thief” Was Not The Aggressor…The Man Was
Last week I wrote about an incident that occurred on a JetBlue flight. A man accused a woman onboard of stealing his Apple charging cable during an extended delay. He got really angry…
I questioned (and admittedly still question) whether this was all a carefully choreographed publicity stunt, but apparently it was not…
Clover has now told her side of the story:
@vanessa.clover When a video from over a year ago taken out of context goes viral…. While I should have responded better, please consider there are always two sides to every story! @RcRelated @RcRelated ♬ original sound – vanessa.clover
First, the incident took place over a year ago. It is not clear why the man, whose name is Ed Orellano, chose to wait so long to go public.
She alleges she never unplugged the cable. Instead, she picked it up off the ground held it up to see if anyone in front of her dropped it, tried to give it to a flight attendant, but was refused. Furthermore, this occurred during a multi-hour flight delay and passengers were instructed to take all their belongings with them if they deboarded, which clarifies further why she may have picked up the cable.
A witness onboard has also come forward and broadly backed Clover’s account (though he did not see if she unplugged it or picked it up off the ground).
@tineocollegeprep Woman who “stole” apple phone charger and thought no one would notice . . . #apple #miamiflight #jetblue #backoftheplane #fyp
Clover also put together a montage of Orellno’s recent appearance on Inside Edition (gotta milk your five minutes of fame, eh?) during which he admits he used the video as ploy to make a viral video (and then sell it).
@vanessa.clover The fact that this got national coverage in the first place is concerning but here we are @vanessa.clover . @RcRelated
This Orellano really looks like a piece of work and if you listen to his original video, you can even hear his wife thanking Clover for returning the charging cable. He’s the only one who gets mad and his outrage strikes me as about as genuine as a used car salesman telling you not to worry about the rattle in the car.
You might think there are more important stories to cover, but this is one of the stories of our age. Someone annoys you, you film them, you doxx them, you try to ruin them. Well, Ed Orellano, what goes around comes around…I’d never want to hire someone with your temperament and manipulation.
I’m siding with Ms. Clover here…
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There are more important stories to cover, and this isn’t one of the stories of our age… except that you are providing the megaphone. If you want to publish a story about shallow outrage and malicious doxxing, then do. But don’t insult your readers’ intelligence or morals by participating in and profiting from this bad internet behavior and pretending you’re just making a sociological observation.
More Important would be a story on the reluctance of politicians to pay for their own travel . The recent Turkish-politician allegations are directly related to airlines , hotels , and travel . That story would be Relevant to us readers .
JetBlue has poor service. The flight attendant should have accepted it and turned it in to lost and found if nobody claimed it.
This event has a chilling effect on anyone wanting to help, any doctor wanting to help a sick passenger, anyone wanting to help someone with a flat tire.
Actually they have great service and you aren’t a very smart person. Stick to Greyhound, clown.
They are among the bottom ranked US airlines. You’re stuck in 2005.
You were siding against her in your previous post.
So judgmental.
Insignificant from the get-go . People get uptight over a 5 cent piece of tech junk far too often . Actually , all of the tech junk is merely disposable , yet sold to those infatuated with tech for profit . People looked shocked and hurt when I ask them to turn off their stupid mobile phones on the aircraft .
You know you’re right. I once bought one of those expensive cables that claim to be tougher and better and faster charging, but in the end it was just the same as the cord that comes with the phone. Last time I fall for that nonsense.
How pathetic that you fell for the click bait. Makes me want to just skip this blog…
Read the previous post. I didn’t fall for anything. I deal in clicks, Michael.
Problem is the story’s insignificance . A far more significant story is the Turkish-politician allegation involving trips and hotel comps . Somehow politicians find it difficult to pay for their own travel .
Yes, and the WSJ and NYT interviewed me for stories on that matter today. So I will address it.
Thanks . The NYT and WSJ ought to advise if everyone followed the Ten Commandments , suspicion would never arise . Likely the Epoch Times and Spectator ( UK ) would be the only media to recommend for everyone to follow the Ten Commandments .
You got interviewed by WSJ? Good for you! I look forward to reading the story. I read WSJ almost as religiously as I read this blog. They’re so biased and prudish in their comment sections though.
@Chi … I once had a letter-to-editor published by the WSJ . I was kidding around , but they took it as serious .
What’s the male equivalent of a Karen called?
Kevin.
Really nasty of a guy to misrepresent and exploit a situation like this, and to do this for commercial gain makes it no better. She should consider suing him if she wasn’t willfully in on the scam and has been falsely painted online as being a criminal.