American Airlines issues response after being sued by family of girl recorded in plane bathroom – Boston News, Weather, Sports [Video]

American Airlines issued a response after being sued by the family of a 9-year-old girl who was recorded in an airplane bathroom by a flight attendant.

The family’s attorney said he received a response from American Airlines saying the 9-year-old’s injuries or illnesses were caused by her “own fault and negligence… use of the compromised lavatory, which she knew or should have known contained a visible and illuminated recording device.”

The girl’s mother was outraged by the company’s response.

“I was beyond appalled when I heard that they were placing the blame on a child, that she should’ve been aware that there was a camera in the lavatory. I couldn’t even believe that they were saying something like this,” the girl’s mother said.

The flight attendant named in the lawsuit is Estes Carter Thompson, who just this week pleaded not guilty in federal court in Boston to charges related to a similar incident.

Prosecutors said Thompson secretly recorded a 14-year-old girl last Septemberwhile she was using the bathroom …