[1] He served as House Republican Leader and was also a member of the Finance, Labor and Transportation committee.
On December 18, 2004, Fox was aboard United Airlines Flight 56 from Honolulu to Los Angeles.
Fox claimed that he believed that because the sleeping woman did not move away, she was "giving him a nonverbal clue that she was sexually interested.
The woman promptly alerted her parents who sat across the aisle from her and then notified flight attendants, who moved them to other seats.
[2] Police officers and FBI agents were waiting in Los Angeles when the flight arrived.
Fox also admitted that the woman did not react or make any sound when he was rubbing her thigh and her crotch area, and that she did not invite his conduct nor give him consent to touch her.
In addition, Fox told KITV he hoped his conviction would remain a secret so he could serve out his term in office.
According to the Hawaii Reporter, during the sentencing hearing, Fox stated that he had "hoped for romance with the young woman and had touched her leg and arm, taking her complete lack of response as consent.
[7][8] Nagle stated that she imposed the house arrest sentence because Fox was a "defendant who is unable to admit that he is at fault in any way.