(CNN) A French pilot has filed a legal complaint for "aggravated voluntary violence" and "endangering someone's life" alleging colleagues in the French Air Force tied him to a target and ordered fighter jets to open fire around him in a "hazing ritual," his lawyer Frédéric Berna told CNN on Saturday. The complaint alleges two superiors addressed him with "sarcastic remarks" before forcing the pilot to inflate and wear an inflatable maritime overflight outfit, raise his arms and stand as a "human clock." The pilot was then grabbed and tied up on his wrists, ankles and knees with adhesive tape before being "violently placed" in the back of a pick-up truck, the complaint alleges. After hearing the sound of fighter jet engines, the complaint alleges the pilot realized he had been taken to a live-fire target range, north of the base. The complaint read that the pilot was forced to return to the vehicle by jumping on his feet as his legs were taped.

Source: CNN May 10, 2021 03:56 UTC