An American Airlines flight attendant has been indicted after authorities say he tried to secretly video record a 14-year-old girl using an airplane bathroom.

An American Airlines flight attendant was indicted Thursday after authorities said he tried to secretly record video of a 14-year-old girl using an airplane bathroom last September.

Police have also alleged that Estes Carter Thompson III, 36, of Charlotte, North Carolina, had recordings of four other girls using lavatories on an aircraft where he worked.

Thompson was indicted on one count of attempted sexual exploitation of children and one count of possession of images of child sexual abuse depicting a prepubescent minor.

Thompson was charged and arrested in January 2024 in Lynchburg, Virginia. He has been in federal custody since. A lawyer for Thompson said after the indictment by a federal grand jury that he was unable to comment.

  • Dark ArcEnglish
    38•7 months ago

    I was expecting it to be at least a little subtle. I don’t know how the heck you tape an iPhone to the seat and don’t have the next person to enter the bathroom go “what the heck?”

    Evidently he got away with this before though…?! I’m just so confused.

    • Flying Squid
      25•7 months ago

      I don’t even understand the motivation. Are there not enough videos of women pissing and shitting on the internet for you so you have to take this kind of stupid risk even if you are subtle?"

    • @[email protected]
      15•7 months ago

      Yeah I just can’t visualise how you’d fucking tape an iPhone to a toilet seat what is even going on at that point

    • @Potatos_are_not_friends
      1•7 months ago

      It’s was so ridiculous looking! I thought it was a joke because it’s so incredibly obvious.

  • @Ejh3kEnglish
    8•7 months ago

    Dude looks like Dean Cain and Jon bernthal had a The Fly situation