An Arizona man was indicted in Alaska for alleged sexual abuse of a 16-year-old girl during a flight.
Kepueli Talaiasi, 58, was accused of groping a teen girl who was sitting next to him during a flight from Phoenix, Arizona to Anchorage, Alaska on Apr. 26.
The minor, who was traveling with her father, reportedly pushed Talaiasi s hand away several times. She even tried to move away from the suspect in her seat, according to a People report.
Authorities said that she then wrote a note to her father on her phone about the Arizona man touching her. The minor s father then called the flight attendants, and they intervened. The teen girl was then separated from the suspect.
03/05/2021 The girl was travelling with her father who was seated nearby. Photo credit: Getty Images
A quick-thinking US teenage girl has saved herself from a man seated next to her on a flight by using the notes feature on her phone.
Arizona man Kepueli Talaiasi, 58, is alleged to have sexually touched the 16-year-old girl several times on the flight from Phoenix, Arizona to Anchorage, Alaska, according to the US Attorney s Office.
She made many unsuccessful attempts to move away from him in her seat and push his hand off her.
The girl was travelling with her father who was seated nearby but had no idea what was unfolding - until she found a way to notify him secretly.
Mesa man arrested for sexual abuse of teen girl during flight to Alaska
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and last updated 2021-05-01 15:50:20-04
ANCHORAGE, AK â A Mesa man was arrested this week after he reportedly sexually abused a teen girl during a flight to Alaska.
According to the U.S. Department of Justice, the incident happened on Monday during an evening flight from Phoenix to Anchorage.
Fifty-six-year-old Kepueli Talaiasi allegedly engaged in sexual contact with a 16-year-old girl who was seated next to him.
Court documents say the teen girl pushed his hand away several times and tried to move away from him in her seat.
An Arizona man was arrested in Alaska on Monday for abusive sexual contact with a 16-year-girl seated next to him on a flight to Anchorage.
A memo filed in the case on Thursday said that the girl sat in the middle seat between Kepueli Talaiasi, 58, and his adult son, who was sleeping in the window seat, according to the Anchorage Daily News.
The memo said Talaiasi first touched the girl with his elbow and then his hand, and that she pushed his hand away and tried to move away.
“The victim used the Notes application on her phone to type a note that said, ‘Give my phone to my dad ask dad if we can switch spots Cs the old man keep sexually touching me please,’” the memo says.