The attorney for a flight attendant whose lawsuit accuses the wife of Lakewood Church pastor Joel Osteen of assault wants to photograph the inside of the plane where the incident occurred.

AP

Victoria and Joel Osteen

The lawsuit, filed in September, accuses Victoria Osteen of pushing Sharon Brown, a Continental Airlines flight attendant, and elbowing her in the chest. Brown says the confrontation occurred as Osteen approached the cockpit and demanded to speak with someone in charge.

Victoria Osteen denies the allegations, said her attorney, Rusty Hardin.

"Victoria never assaulted her or raised her voice,'' said Hardin, who previously has called the lawsuit a ``ridiculous'' attempt to get money from a woman whose husband is the pastor of Houston's largest church.

Brown's attorney, Reginald E. McKamie Sr., wants to photograph the plane's interior to understand the facts of the incident, according to the motion he filed recently. He said the photos would help jurors understand what other passengers saw during the incident.

State District Judge Patricia Hancock is scheduled Friday to consider the request, which Hardin said he does not oppose.

The Osteens were on board Continental Airlines Flight 1602 at Houston's Bush Intercontinental Airport, bound for Vail, Colo., on Dec. 19, 2005.

Victoria Osteen found a liquid on the arm rest of her seat and asked fight attendants to clean it up, according to Brown's lawsuit. The flight attendants did not immediately take action, however, and after they said a cleaning crew would be called, Osteen shoved, grabbed and pulled them, the lawsuit alleges.

The suit states that Osteen elbowed Brown, the flight manager, in the left breast while trying to get into the cockpit. After Osteen was asked to leave the plane, she and her family complied.

The Federal Aviation Administration fined Osteen $3,000 for interfering with a flight crew member. She paid the fine, but payment is not an admission of guilt.

Brown's lawsuit claims that she suffered pain and bruising. It seeks unspecified damages for the medical care, emotional pain and mental anguish she claims to have suffered and may suffer because of the incident.