A former American Airlines flight attendant has been sentenced to 18.5 years in federal prison for secretly filming young girls as they used airplane lavatories during flights.
Estes Carter Thompson III, of Charlotte, North Carolina, used his position as a flight attendant between January and September 2023 to direct minors to specific lavatories onboard aircraft, where he had covertly set up his cellphone to record them. Prosecutors described it as a “secret recording studio” he created while working flights for American Airlines.
According to court documents, Thompson lured at least five girls into the first class lavatory under false pretenses, including one incident on a September 2, 2023 flight from Charlotte (CLT) to Boston (BOS), where he told a 14-year-old girl the main cabin lavatories were full and escorted her to the front of the aircraft.
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