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Flight attendant who police say secretly recorded girls in airplane bathroom sentenced to 18.5 years
MASSACHUSETTS, UNITED STATES, JUL 22 – Estes Carter Thompson III exploited his role to secretly record five underage girls during flights, receiving an 18.5-year sentence in federal court, prosecutors said.
- Estes Carter Thompson III, who previously worked as a flight attendant for American Airlines, was given an 18.5-year prison term on July 23, 2025, in Massachusetts for covertly filming girls in airplane restrooms.
- Thompson’s illegal activities were uncovered when a 14-year-old passenger on a September 2, 2023, Charlotte-to-Boston flight found a hidden iPhone used for recording in the airplane lavatory and reported it.
- Authorities found videos on Thompson's iCloud of four other girls aged 7 to 14 secretly recorded in aircraft bathrooms over nine months, prompting his arrest in Virginia in January 2024.
- Judge Julia Kobick described Thompson's behavior as appalling, noting he robbed the children of innocence, while a lawyer for the victims called the exploitation deeply troubling and demanded reforms from American Airlines.
- After accepting a plea agreement, Thompson relinquished any option to challenge his sentence, while American Airlines resolved some claims from the victims' families but continues to face lawsuits seeking responsibility and enhanced safety measures.
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American Airlines flight attendant who admitted to secretly filming young girls in plane bathroom learns fate
A perverted American Airlines flight attendant who confessed to taping his phone to the airplane toilet’s lid to film girls as young as seven years old has been sentenced to 18 1/2 years in prison.
·New York, United States
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Former American Airlines flight attendant sentenced after secretly recording teen in bathroom on NC flight
BOSTON (AP/QUEEN CITY NEWS) — A former American Airlines flight attendant who pleaded guilty to secretly recording a teen in a plane bathroom will spend over 18 years (222 months) in prison. Estes Carter Thompson III of Charlotte pled guilty back in March to one count of attempted sexual exploitation of children and one count of possession of images of child sexual abuse depicting a prepubescent minor. Thompson had secretly recorded a 14-year-ol…
·Raleigh, United States
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