LOS ANGELES, Ca. (WBAP/KLIF News) — TMZ reported this morning that the passenger who was famously dragged out of his seat onboard a United Airlines passenger jet in Chicago is a medical doctor with a messy legal history.
Dr. David Dao has a history of trafficking in illegal drugs going back to 2005 when he was charged with 98 felony counts of illegally prescribing prescriptions for hydrocodone, Oxycontin and Percocet. He was convicted on six counts and given five years probation after surrendering his medical license in Kentucky.
TMZ reports Dr. Dao was also convicted of writing prescriptions in exchange for sex.
In 2015 the Kentucky medical board restored Dao’s license with the restriction that he is only allowed to practice in an outpatient facility one day a week.