Teen Girl Who Says She Discovered Camera in Airplane Bathroom Is Suing American Airlines

Published on December 2, 2023

BOSTON—The family of a North Carolina teenager is suing American Airlines, saying that a flight attendant taped an iPhone to an airplane toilet to record her using the restroom during a September flight. Lawyers for the 14-year-old and her parents say that American “knew or should have known the flight attendant was a danger.” They say the failure of other crew members to confiscate the employee’s phone allowed him to destroy evidence. The lawsuit against American and the unidentified flight attendant was filed Friday in U.S. district court in North Carolina. American said the flight attendant was “withheld from service” immediately after the alleged incident and has not worked since....