Bay Area woman accused of assaulting crew members on flight to SFO

A federal grand jury has indicted a Bay Area woman accused of verbally and physically assaulting two flight crew members, as well as assaulting an airport security officer and a federal agent after exiting the aircraft, the Department of Justice announced Friday.

Reshma Kamath, 40, was a passenger on Air India Flight 173 heading into San Francisco International Airport in late June when the melee unfolded, according to the indictment unsealed Thursday. Kamath is accused of verbally abusing, threatening and striking two crew members during the flight. 

After exiting the plane, Kamath is accused of assaulting an SFO security staffer and striking a U.S. Customs and Border Protection officer trying to arrest her. 

Kamath, of the Contra Costa County community of Bethel Island, did not respond to phone calls and an email seeking comment Friday. 

The indicted woman appears to be the controversial Bay Area attorney rebuked by the State Bar of California in May for using inflammatory or racist language against white judges and court staff and accused of practicing law even after being disbarred from federal courts in August 2024. She was no longer eligible to practice in California as of Nov. 8, according to the state bar website.

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this bitch is hideous inside and out

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SAN FRANCISCO – A federal grand jury has indicted Reshma Kamath on two counts of interference with flight crew members and attendants, one count of assaulting, resisting, or impeding a federal officer, and one count of interference with security screening personnel.

According to an indictment filed on November 5, 2025, and unsealed yesterday, Kamath, 40, of Bethel Island, California, was a passenger on board Air India flight 173 flying from Delhi, India, to San Francisco International Airport (SFO) on June 28 and 29, 2025. During the flight, Kamath allegedly assaulted and intimidated two flight crew members, including by verbally abusing, threatening, and striking them. Upon landing at SFO, Kamath allegedly assaulted an SFO employee with security duties and resisted arrest by and struck a U.S. Customs and Border Protection officer.

Kamath made her initial appearance in district court on November 13, 2025. She is next scheduled to appear in federal court on January 7, 2026, before Senior U.S. District Judge Edward M. Chen.

United States Attorney Craig H. Missakian and FBI Special Agent in Charge Sanjay Virmani made the announcement.

An indictment merely alleges that crimes have been committed, and all defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt. If convicted, Kamath faces a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison and a $250,000 fine for each count of interference with flight crew members and attendants in violation of 49 U.S.C. § 46504, eight years in prison and a $250,000 fine on the count of assaulting, resisting, or impeding a federal officer in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 111(a), and 10 years in prison and a $250,000 fine on the count of interference with security screening personnel in violation of 49 U.S.C. § 46503. Any sentence following a conviction would be imposed by a court only upon consideration of the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines and the federal statute governing the imposition of a sentence, 18 U.S.C. § 3553.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Kevin Yeh is prosecuting the case. The prosecution is the result of an investigation by the FBI, with assistance from U.S. Customs and Border Protection, the San Francisco Police Department Airport Bureau, and the San Mateo County Sheriff’s Office.

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FBI Special Agent in Charge Sanjay Virmani

FBI Special Agent in Charge Sanjay Virmani

FBI Special Agent in Charge Sanjay Virmani

FBI Special Agent in Charge Sanjay Virmani

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and turd migration to US is only supposedely like 50% hindu, so wtf arent the sikhs, muzzies, christians nice? no indian raised in india is nice, ive never met one at least they are all furking asshole benchods

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my speculation is broader than just that it's the higher castes, I think that society is so stratified and vertical in nature that everybody is always hyper conscious that everybody else they talk to is either higher or lower than them and so they are either cloyingly subservient or obnoxiously domineering

I think there might be some kind of hicklib-like phenomenon in play whereby those from "medium" castes especially look for opportunities to be "superior" to someone else because they spend some of their time having to be subservient to their "caste superiors"

but that's just speculation too I don't really know shit

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i dunno but socialism is pretty furking retarded

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Edit: represented by Edward Austin Smock

Office of the Federal Public Defender

San Francisco

450 Golden Gate Ave

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https://apps.calbar.ca.gov/attorney/Licensee/Detail/333800

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