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SEATTLE (AP) — An Alaska Airlines pilot is suing the company under Washington state's anti-discrimination law, claiming its response was inadequate after she says she was drugged and raped by a colleague during Minneapolis stopover last June.
The Seattle Times reports Betty Pina (PIN'-ya) filed the lawsuit Wednesday in King County Superior Court.
Alaska spokeswoman Bobbie Egan said the airline continues investigating and takes the allegations seriously.
Pina alleges that she was serving as a co-pilot and blacked out after the captain gave her wine at a hotel lounge.
She says she later woke up naked from the waist down in a room with him.
The Associated Press generally doesn't name people who say they're victims of sex crimes but Pina has spoken publicly about her case.
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