More: Estes Carter Thompson III, 36, of Charlotte, N.C., also allegedly had recordings of four other girl passengers using airplane lavatories " including the 9-year-old girl, who's from Texas and was flying with her family to go to Disneyland.

The family and their attorneys were shocked by this recent court filing from American Airlines.

"Instead of taking responsibility for this awful event, American Airlines is actually blaming our daughter for being filmed," the girl's mother said in a statement. "How in good conscience could they even make such a suggestion? It both shocks and angers us. American Airlines has no shame."

Attorney Paul Llewellyn, a partner at Lewis & Llewellyn LLP, said, "To blame a 9 year old for being filmed while using the airplane bathroom is both shocking and outrageous. In my opinion this is a depraved legal strategy that sinks to a new low. American Airlines should be thoroughly ashamed of themselves."