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American Airlines retreats after blaming a 9-year-old for not seeing a hidden camera in a lavatory (cw: sexual exploitation of children, attempted victim blaming)

apnews.com American Airlines retreats after blaming a 9-year-old for not seeing a hidden camera in a lavatory

American Airlines is walking back a court filing in which it seemed to blame a 9-year-old girl for not noticing a camera phone when she used an airplane lavatory.

American Airlines retreats after blaming a 9-year-old for not seeing a hidden camera in a lavatory

In response to the lawsuit, American said in a court document that it would dispute the family’s claim by showing that any injuries the 9-year-old girl suffered were caused by the girl’s “own fault and negligence, were proximately caused by (her) use of the compromised lavatory, which she knew or should have known contained a visible and illuminated recording device.”

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