10-03-2013, 12:15 PM
(02-16-2013, 03:55 PM)Duchess Wrote:(02-16-2013, 03:37 PM)NightOwl Wrote: What kind of man would smack a two yearold on the face
Hundley had pleaded "not guilty" of assault earlier this year.
His trial was set to start today, but he changed his plea to "guilty" yesterday afternoon.
More details of what happened on the flight are detailed in the court filings:
At the beginning of the flight, Hundley pressed the call button and asked a flight attendant about the airline's policy regarding "lap children," prosecutors said in a filing. The way he asked the question made it clear he was unhappy about the child's presence, prosecutors wrote.
As the plane descended into Atlanta, the child started crying. Hundley leaned over to Bennett and "told her to shut that (N-word) baby up," according to a sworn statement from an FBI agent who investigated the incident. Bennett asked Hundley what he had said, and he leaned in with his face up next to hers and said it again, prosecutors said in a filing.
Hundley then slapped the child in the face, leaving a scratch below his right eye, the FBI agent's statement says.
Background and repercussions:
Hundley's only son was in a coma in Atlanta following an insulin overdose that was the result of a suspected suicide attempt, and Hundley was flying there to meet his ex-wife so they could decide whether to take their son off life support, according to court filings.
Hundley was president of an aerospace company in Hayden, Idaho, but lost his job following enormous media coverage of the in-flight incident, his defense lawyers said in a court filing. Hundley has since moved to Leland, N.C., according to a court filing.
Hundley's son died just after he arrived in Atlanta off that flight, where he was described as reeking of booze and belligerent by the baby's mother (she says the little boy is now traumatized and apprehensive of strangers).
Prosecutors have requested a six-month sentence for Hundley. Sentencing is scheduled for January.