Grace `May Day` Jones in Eurostar fracas

07-Apr-2005 • Actor News

Actress and singer Grace Jones was escorted off a Paris-to-London express after refusing to pay for a seat upgrade and abusing staff, train operator Eurostar has said.

Police met the 56-year-old at Ashford station in Kent on Tuesday night after the train manager raised the alarm - reports Reuters.

"Celebrity or not we will not accept this behaviour from any of our passengers," said Eurostar communications director, Paul Charles on Wednesday.

Neither Jones nor her agent were immediately available for comment.

The tall Jamaican-born Jones is famed for her performance as the cropped-haired evil nemesis to Roger Moore's James Bond in the 1985 film "A View to a Kill". She also acted alongside California's governor and former movie muscleman Arnold Schwarzenegger in the 1984 film "Conan the Destroyer".

Jones had bought a first class ticket for the evening train from Paris but swore and grabbed the train manager's arm when asked to pay the upgrade price for taking a seat in the more exclusive Premium class, Charles said.

Jones claimed she had no cash or credit cards to pay for the upgrade and refused to move from the seat, he added.

A first class return ticket costs around 300 pounds and the one-way upgrade would have cost a further 70 pounds.

Eurostar did not press charges and Jones was picked up later in the evening from Ashford and driven to London, police said.

"There was a call to report an incident on the train with the lady in question. Officers escorted her off the train -- end of story," said a spokesman for British Transport Police.

Thanks to `overkill` for the alert.