Man arrested for 'repeatedly groping 13-year-old girl on flight'
The man leaned against the girl, nudged her, touched her with his elbow and placed his hands on her knee and upper thigh three times
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Your support makes all the difference.A man has been arrested after he allegedly groped a 13-year-old girl during a flight.
Chad Cameron Camp, 26, is accused of repeatedly groping the teenager for half an hour during the flight from Dallas to Portland on Wednesday night.
A flight attendant told investigators she saw Camp's hand near the girl's crotch, CNN reports. She said she made Camp change seats after noticing a single tear on the girl's cheek.
Camp sat next in the middle seat next to the unaccompanied teenager, despite other seats being available.
He leaned against the girl, nudged her, touched her with his elbow and placed his hands on her knee and upper thigh three times, according to the complaint.
Camp was arrested by police and FBI agents when the plane landed in Oregon and charged with abusive sexual contact.
“She is already saying she doesn’t want to be on an airplane ever again,” attorney Brent Goodfellow told KOIN 6.
“I sat with the family for about 3 hours… she didn’t want to be touched by her mom, every time she went to give her kind of a loving touch she would jump.”
Mr Goodfellow said the family plans to file a civil suit against American Airlines.
According to the airline's website, adults can pay an extra $150 for "unaccompanied minor service" for children aged 5-17.
“They didn’t make him move, they let him sit there until she was abused for 30 minutes,” he said.
“From what I understand she was the only child on the airplane that evening, so it would have been pretty easy to take a few small steps.”
Camp remains in custody at Multnomah County jail.