Former Broncos player Terrell Davis says he was unfairly left off the trip

Terrell Davis, a famous American basketball player, said he was handcuffed and removed from a plane on Saturday after a false accusation by a flight attendant.

Davis, who had a 2,000-yard season and won two Super Bowls with the Denver Broncos, released a statement with his version of events on Instagram Monday.

Davis, 51, said he was on a United Airlines flight from Denver to Orange County, California, on Saturday with his wife and three children when one of his sons asked a flight attendant for a cup of ice.

“The flight attendant either ignored or ignored his request and continued to walk past our row,” Davis wrote. “I calmly reached out and gently tapped his arm to get his attention so he could ask again for a glass of ice for my son. His reaction and the events that followed must have stunned us all.”

According to David, the flight attendant shouted, “Don’t hit me!” in response.

“I was confused, as were the passengers in front of me who witnessed this exchange. I couldn’t think of anything else except that this employee was extremely rude and blatantly wrong in accusing me of hitting him,” he added.

Davis said he had no further interactions with the flight attendant, but when the plane landed, the pilot asked all passengers to remain in their seats.

Davis said six FBI agents and local authorities boarded the plane, placed him in handcuffs in front of his family and removed him from the flight.

“I was — and still am — humiliated, embarrassed, helpless, and angry,” Davis wrote.

After explaining the situation to law enforcement, Davis said they determined the flight attendant was “inaccurate,” and authorities apologized and allowed her to leave.

United Airlines said in a statement that it had reached out to Davis’ team to apologize and had suspended the flight attendant while the incident was reviewed.

“This is clearly not the type of travel experience we strive to provide,” the statement read.

FBI spokeswoman Laura Eimiller said in a statement that agents and law enforcement partners at John Wayne Airport in Orange County responded to a report of an incident on a flight, detained and then released a cooperating individual.

At the end of his Instagram post, Davis called for an investigation into the flight attendant “who blatantly lied and caused unjustified harm to me and my family.”

“We plan to fully investigate the events that occurred and are actively communicating with United Airlines on this matter,” Davis’ attorney, Parker Steiner, said in a statement.

Davis played from 1995 to 2001 for the Broncos, who selected him in the sixth round in 1995. He rushed for 7,607 yards and 60 scores, including 2,008 yards and 21 scores during his MVP season in 1998. He helped Denver win Super Bowls XXXII and XXXIII and was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 2017.