Oregon woman sentenced to house arrest for molesting female passenger on Alaska Airlines flight

An Oregon woman was sentenced to house arrest Monday after shepleaded guilty to molesting a female passenger on an Alaskan Airlines flight last year.

Heidi McKinney, who pleaded guilty to assault charges in March, has been sentenced to eight months of home detention and three years’ probation,

The incident happened last May on board an Alaska Airlines flight from Las Vegas to Portland. Witnesses at the time told police that McKinney touched the 19-year-old woman without her consent.

Prosecutors say the 27-year-old tried to force the woman to drink alcohol, which McKinney had allegedly smuggled on the plane. She then proceeded to grope the victim’s breast, genitals and even licked her ear, according to prosecutors and police.

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The victim, in a written statement in court, said she forgives McKinney and hopes she'll get the help she needs.

"I personally don't feel you know how much damage you have caused me,'' the woman wrote, according to Oregon Live. “That day you messed with my head and took something from me that I will never get back.'”

Heidi McKinney was sentenced Monday to eight months of house arrest for the incident. (FACEBOOK)
McKinney’s lawyer Lisa Ludwig said her client was a sexual abuse victim and has been struggling with alcohol abuse since her teens.

She recently completed an alcohol treatment program in June and was working toward her education, her lawyer said.