{"id":2251462,"date":"2024-05-23T17:02:02","date_gmt":"2024-05-23T21:02:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/american-airlines-claims-error-after-blaming-9-year-old-girl-for-not-noticing-flight-attendants-hidden-bathroom-camera\/"},"modified":"2024-05-23T17:04:28","modified_gmt":"2024-05-23T21:04:28","slug":"american-airlines-claims-error-after-blaming-9-year-old-girl-for-not-noticing-flight-attendants-hidden-bathroom-camera","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/american-airlines-claims-error-after-blaming-9-year-old-girl-for-not-noticing-flight-attendants-hidden-bathroom-camera\/","title":{"rendered":"American Airlines apologizes for wrongly accusing a 9-year-old girl of missing a hidden bathroom camera on a flight"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">36<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Famerican-airlines-claims-error-after-blaming-9-year-old-girl-for-not-noticing-flight-attendants-hidden-bathroom-camera%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2251462&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>American Airlines retracts blaming a 9-year-old for missing a hidden camera on a flight. A former attendant is accused of placing a camera in the airplane bathroom. Initially, attorneys blamed the child, but the airline distanced itself, citing\u200b a legal error. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/family-farmers-refused-to-hold-same-sex-weddings-were-banned-from-a-local-farmers-market-now-they-await-a-judges-ruling\/\" title=\"Family Farmers Refused To Hold Same-Sex Weddings, Were Banned From A Local Farmer\u2019s Market. Now They Await A Judge\u2019s Ruling.\">family sued<\/a> after FBI found videos of \u2063their daughter. Flight attendant Estes Carte was terminated. American Airlines \u2064backtracks\u200c on\u2063 blaming a 9-year-old \u2063for missing a hidden camera on a flight. \u2064A former\u2062 attendant faces accusations of placing a camera in the airplane restroom. Initially, the \u200bairline&#8217;s attorneys blamed the child but \u200clater disassociated, citing a legal error. The family sued after the FBI discovered videos of their daughter.\u2062 The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/netflix-dominates-2021-golden-globe-nominations-full-list-announced\/\" title=\"Netflix Dominates 2021 Golden Globe Nominations: Full List Announced\">flight attendant<\/a>, Estes Carte, \u200dwas terminated.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/american-airlines\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">American Airlines<\/a> is backing away from its court filing blaming a nine-year-old girl for not noticing the hidden camera a flight attendant allegedly planted in the aircraft\u2019s bathroom.<\/p>\n<p>A former American flight attendant is accused of taping his iPhone to the toilet seat and then luring young girls to use the airplane bathroom.<\/p>\n<p>Attorneys for the airline initially blamed the child, saying in a court filing that any injuries the girl suffered were due to her \u201cown fault and negligence, were proximately caused by [her] use of the compromised lavatory, which she knew or should have known contained a visible and illuminated recording device.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>On Thursday, however, the airline distanced itself from that accusation.<\/p>\n<p>An American Airlines spokesperson <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/american-airlines-blames-girl-hidden-camera-4b474bf3d8c8803872dbb7e12032d13e\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a> that external attorneys working for the airline had \u201cmade an error in this filing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur outside legal counsel retained with our insurance company made an error in this filing. The included defense is not representative of our airline and we have directed it be amended this morning,\u201d the spokesperson said. \u201cWe do not believe this child is at fault and we take the allegations involving a former team member very seriously. Our core mission is to care for people \u2014 and the foundation of that is the safety and security of our customers and team.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The 9-year-old\u2019s family sued American Airlines after the FBI informed them that videos of their daughter were found on the former flight attendant\u2019s phone. The family had flown from Texas to California last year.<\/p>\n<p>The fired flight attendant, Estes Carter Thompson III, 36, pled not guilty this week to charges of attempted sexual exploitation of children and possession of images of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/anti-sex-trafficking-advocates-slam-twitter-on-heels-of-bombshell-lawsuit-from-teen-victim\/\" title=\"Anti-Sex Trafficking Advocates Slam Twitter On Heels Of Bombshell Lawsuit From Teen Victim\">child sexual abuse<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><b><a href=\"https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" aria-describedby=\"sk-tooltip-9096\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1700760801843000&#038;usg=AOvVaw2PQrVSrJfhxNb4LcARqniG\">CLICK HERE TO GET THE DAILYWIRE+ APP<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p>Thomas is accused of having recordings of four girls, including the nine-year-old, using bathrooms on flights. He is also accused of trying to secretly record a video of a 14-year-old girl using the bathroom on a flight from Charlotte, North Carolina, to Boston.<\/p>\n<p>He was arrested in January and has remained in federal custody since then.<\/p>\n<p>The court filing was amended on Wednesday. The new filing does not include the accusation that the girl\u2019s injuries were her own fault. The case is making its way through a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/texas-ambulance-hijacked-with-hospital-patient-and-emt-inside\/\" title=\"Texas ambulance hijacked with hospital patient and EMT inside\">state district court<\/a> in Austin.<\/p>\n<p>On Tuesday, an attorney representing the 9-year-old, as well as the 14-year-old, excoriated the airline\u2019s defense.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo blame a 9 year old for being filmed while using the airplane bathroom is both shocking and outrageous,\u201d attorney Paul Llewellyn <a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/4678026-american-airlines-says-filing-blaming-9-year-old-in-bathroom-recording-case-was-an-error\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn my opinion this is a depraved legal strategy that sinks to a new low. American Airlines should be thoroughly ashamed of themselves,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>The 9-year-old\u2019s mother <a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/4678026-american-airlines-says-filing-blaming-9-year-old-in-bathroom-recording-case-was-an-error\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a> in a statement through her attorney, \u201cHow in good conscience could they even make such a suggestion?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Thompson is due in federal court in Boston on July 1.<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>American Airlines distances itself from blaming a 9-year-old for missing a hidden camera a flight attendant allegedly planted in the bathroom. The attendant is accused of taping his iPhone to a toilet seat and enticing young girls to use the airplane restroom. 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