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(NEXSTAR) – American Airlines says a legal filing blaming a 9-year-old whom a former American Airlines flight attendant is accused of secretly recording inside a plane lavatory was made in error.

In the initial a court document, American Airlines' attorneys suggested that the child should have known there was a recording device, writing, "defendant would show that any injuries or illnesses alleged to have been sustained by Plaintiff, Mary Doe, were proximately caused by Plaintiff's own fault and negligence."

On Tuesday, the attorney representing the 9-year-old, as well as a 14-year-old from North Carolina, blasted the defense tactic.

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

The families of the two children are suing the airline and the ex-employee........

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