Designer Ralph Lauren's niece in court in Ireland over alleged air-rage incident Miss Lauren, who has written a book about her battles with anorexia and bulimia, gave address as East 65th Street, New York City as she swore an oath on the Bible. She spoke only to give her name and nationality and confirm that she only had one passport and was granted bail on condition that she remains at the hotel in Shannon Town and lodges £2,000 as security with the court. Miss Lauren was arrested when the Delta Air Lines flight was forced to land at Shannon Airport following an allegedly drunken outburst not long after take off. She was charged with "being intoxicated to such an extent as would give rise to a reasonable apprehension that she might endanger herself or other people on the aircraft." She was also accused of engaging in behaviour likely to cause serious offence or annoyance to a person on board the aircraft after being asked by a crew member to stop. The third charge was one of breaching the peace by engaging in threatening, abusive or insulting behaviour. One of the Garda officers who arrested her claimed that when she was detained at the airport she remarked: "Can you say that in English please?" Judge Patrick Durcan was told that Miss Lauren was ready to enter a plea to the three separate charges she was facing, but he adjourned the hearing which will now be held at the Ennis District Court around 50 miles away. More than 200 passengers and crew were on board the flight when the alleged air-rage incident took place. Judge Durcan warned Miss Lauren that he would take into account the inconvenience to other as well as the costs incurred by the airline when he considered the case. "These are the issues that will have to be addressed and the court will have to be satisfied before they can be discharged," he said. Miss Lauren, who is the daughter of Ralph's brother, Jerry, the executive vice president at the famous fashion house, modelled for the company from the age of seven. But when she was a teenager she developed a series of eating disorders which left her so debilitated that she was forced to undergo surgery. She later wrote a book about her battles entitled Homesick: A Memoir of Family, Food and Finding Hope. Miss Lauren worked as an artist and art therapist before starting a jewellery design business in 2011.