The niece of fashion designer Ralph Lauren has appeared in court charged with being drunk and abusive on a plane after an alleged air rage incident.<br /><br />Jennifer Lauren is accused of breaching the peace on a Delta Air Lines flight, which had to be diverted to Shannon Airport in the west of Ireland.<br /><br />The New York-based jewellery designer’s hearing at Killaloe District Court took place in a local pub which served as a temporary court as the was no nearby courthouse.<br /><br />Lauren, 41, was arrested at Shannon Airport on Monday and held in custody overnight.<br /><br />A police officer told the court that when the jewellery designer was being detained at the airport she said: “Can you say that in English please?”
