American Airlines Backpedals After Blaming 9-Year-Old for Bathroom Filming Incident
American Airlines is eating its words after its lawyers claimed in a legal filing that a 9-year-old girl was at fault for failing to notice a hidden camera in one of its airplane bathrooms, disavowing the accusation as a mistake.
The airline distanced itself from the lawyers who’d “made an error in [the] filing” in a sheepish statement, telling the Associated Press that the claims made by the “outside legal counsel retained with our insurance company” did not reflect its own views.
“The included defense is not representative of our airline and we have directed it be amended this morning,” the company said. “We do not believe this child is at fault and we take the allegations involving a former team member very seriously.”