The first warning sign came before the plane had even taken off.
Chad Cameron Camp had his choice of seats on the half-empty American Airlines flight from Dallas to Portland, Ore. But Camp, 26, curiously chose a middle seat — right next to an unaccompanied 13-year-old girl, the FBI said in a statement.
Flight attendants offered to move Camp to another seat where he would have more room, but he declined.
“No, I’m fine,” he said, according to a criminal complaint obtained by The Washington Post..
When a flight attendant returned for drink service a half hour later, she saw Camp’s hand on the teenager’s crotch, according to the complaint.
She also saw “a single tear coming down the victim’s cheek.”
Flight attendants separated Camp and the teenager for the rest of the voyage. And as soon as the plane landed, the unaccompanied minor was rushed off the plane.[...]
Camp then allegedly began brushing up against her upper arm and shoulder while ostensibly turning the pages of a magazine.
“Each time he turned the page he used his elbow to brush up against the victim’s shoulder and upper arm area. The victim attempted to move away from Camp’s physical contact, and each time she withdrew, he would laugh,” the complaint states. “After finishing with the magazine, Camp leaned toward the victim to place the magazine in the seat pocket in front of the victim. Camp instead dropped the magazine on the victim’s shoes.”
Later, while pretending to look out the window, Camp leaned across the girl again, putting his face just inches from hers, the complaint continues.
When the girl declined Camp’s offer to share his headphones, he allegedly threw them in her lap.
Camp then repeatedly placed his hand on the girl’s knee and upper thigh, according to the complaint.
“She had to push his hand off of her and cross her legs,” Goodfellow told The Post.
“What are you doing?” she asked him. But Camp just laughed and did it again, according to the complaint.
“She was frightened and trapped,” the complaint says.
“She was touched over 15 times,” Goodfellow said.
The incident only stopped when a female flight attendant came by to serve drinks and spotted Camp’s hand on the girl’s crotch, according to the complaint.
That’s also when the flight attendant noticed that the girl was crying. [...]
The rest of the article (false accusations, unusual innocent verdict, flight attendant negligence, ridiculous sfees) is also relevant.
ReplyDeleteAn alert for all parents to advise and teach unaccompanied kids to call flight attendants immediately, if they notice any suspicious behavior.
ReplyDeleteI guess that's why separate seating on planes is so important.
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