Flight host who filmed girls in aircraft toilet with hidden phone appeals guilty

The former American Airlines air hostess who secretly recorded several minors in aircraft bathroom relied on two criminal charges on Thursday 6 March, according to a Massachusetts district lawyer Leah Beleire Foley’s News notice.

Estes Carter Thompson III37, was first arrested in January 2024 and was indicted by a federal jury in Boston in April 2024. The subsequent investigation later revealed that his iCloud also had hundreds of AI-generated images that depicted sexual abuse against children.

More than a year after his arrest, Thompson invoked guilty of a bill of attempted sexual exploitation of children and a count of possession of child pornography depicting a prepubescent mines. He is facing up to 30 years in prison.

In front of its Thursday, March 6, the court’s conduct recovered the authorities previous videos from his iCloud account showing minors aged 7, 9, 11 and 14 who were secretly registered in the aircraft toilet, Federal prosecutor said in a statement.

Thompson’s activity, which stretched from January to September 2023, was revealed on September 2, 2023, when a 14-year-old girl discovered that his phone secretly recorded her during a flight from Charlotte, NC, to Boston.

At that time, Thompson convinced the 14-year-old girl to use the facilities in the first class part of the plane and escorted her there.

He went into the bathroom before her and told her that the toilet seat was broken. As she entered the bathroom, the alleged victim saw red stickers on the underside of the toilet seat lid indicating that the toilet seat was broken. Thompson’s iPhone was said to be taped and hidden under the stickers so he could record video Per da Foley’s news message.

“The smaller victim informed her parents about what she saw and showed them the picture when she returned to her seat. The victim’s father confronted Thompson, who then locked himself in the toilet with his iPhone for three to five minutes before the flight descent, ”according to the news message. “Upon flight arrival at Boston Logan Airport, law enforcement noted that Thompson had restored his iPhone to factory settings.”

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It was then discovered that the event 2, 2023 was the fifth year. He also had over 50 pictures of a nine -year -old unaccompanied minor in his iCloud. “The pictures included photos taken while the smaller victim was in their seat-flying and close-ups on her face while she slept,” according to the news message. All the victims involved have been identified and law enforcement has contacted their families.

Thompson was arrested in January 2024 in Lynchburg, Va., And remained in federal custody then. He is scheduled to be sentenced on Tuesday, June 17.

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