After American Airlines blamed 9-year-old girl for being secretly filmed, airline calls court filing ‘an error’

An American Airlines Airbus 321 sits at the gate at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport in Arlington, Virginia, on July 23, 2023. a flight attendant allegedly recorded girls in airplane bathrooms

“We do not believe this child is at fault and we take the allegations involving a former team member very seriously,” American Airlines added. “Our core mission is to care for people — and the foundation of that is the safety and security of our customers and team.” During the flight last year, she was secretly filmed while using the airplane toilet, according to the family’s lawsuit against American Airlines. The family is arguing that the airline knew or should have known that Thompson “was a danger.”

“American Airlines has clearly faced intense media and public backlash over their blaming of a 9-year-old for being filmed,” said attorney Paul Llewellyn, a partner at Lewis & Llewellyn LLP. “To claim that they filed the ‘wrong’ answer is simply not credible. But the bell cannot be unrung.

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