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Eugene

(65,990 posts) Wed Jul 23, 2025, 06:58 PM Jul 23

Flight attendant who police say secretly recorded girls in airplane bathroom sentenced to 18.5 years

Source: Associated Press

Flight attendant who police say secretly recorded girls in airplane bathroom sentenced to 18.5 years

By LEAH WILLINGHAM and MICHAEL CASEY
Updated 6:08 PM EDT, July 23, 2025

BOSTON (AP) — A flight attendant accused of taping his cellphone to the lid of an airplane toilet to secretly film young girls was sentenced to just under 20 years in prison Wednesday.

Former American Airlines flight attendant Estes Carter Thompson III received a sentence of 18.5 years, followed by five years of supervised release. Boston U.S. District Court Judge Julia Kobick called his behavior “appalling” and said child victims’ “innocence has been lost” because of his actions.

Thompson was arrested and charged in January 2024 in Lynchburg, Virginia, after authorities said a 14-year-old girl on his flight discovered his secret recording setup in the lavatory. He was indicted last year on one count of attempted sexual exploitation of children and one count of possession of child sexual abuse images depicting a prepubescent minor.

He apologized in court Wednesday, describing his actions as “selfish, perverse and wrong.”

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Read more: https://apnews.com/article/flight-attendant-bathroom-camera-sentenced-d3b09d28087cc5e127b45119bdef044a

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Flight attendant who police say secretly recorded girls in airplane bathroom sentenced to 18.5 years (Original Post) Eugene Jul 23 OP

Gross Deep State Witch Jul 23 #1

When I first saw that headline, I thought there was a typo in it. ShazzieB Jul 24 #2

May he receive everything he deserves. niyad Jul 24 #3

Deep State Witch

(12,051 posts)

1. Gross

Reply to Eugene (Original post)

Wed Jul 23, 2025, 08:28 PM

Jul 23

I mean, that's just gross. What is it with men and their fascination with women going to the bathroom? I guess because women pull their pants down, they think that they're gonna see her lady parts?

ShazzieB

(21,217 posts)

2. When I first saw that headline, I thought there was a typo in it.

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Thu Jul 24, 2025, 12:31 AM

Jul 24

I felt like I'd suddenly fallen through a time warp, when women were constantly referred to as "girls" in the news and elsewhere. Then I read the rest of the post and realized this miscreant is actually a pedo. In which case, I still don't like the headline, for different reasons. I think "children" would convey the full extent of the situation better than "girls." "Underage girls" would be more exact, but it adds a lot more additional characters. Either way, "girls" does not pack enough of a punch, imo. Not that it would make the whole thing any less disgusting, of course.

niyad

(125,609 posts)

3. May he receive everything he deserves.

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Thu Jul 24, 2025, 10:20 AM

Jul 24

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