- Antonio Sherrodd McGarity was charged with lewd, indecent, or obscene acts on an aircraft for allegedly pleasuring himself on Southwest Airlines flight
- McGarity is accused of masturbating and exposing himself to a female passenger on Flight 3814 lasting under 3 hours from Seattle to Phoenix on Saturday
- McGarity told FBI agents he knew the woman saw him pleasuring himself and photographed him, which he said he thought was ‘kind of kinky’
- Southwest Airlines imposed a lifetime travel ban on McGarity
A Southwest Airlines passenger has been accused of pleasuring himself four times and exposing his privates to a woman on a two-and-a-half-hour flight from Seattle to Phoenix.
Antonio Sherrodd McGarity was arrested on Saturday after Southwest Airlines Flight 3814 landed at Sky Harbor International Airport in Phoenix.
McGarity was taken into federal custody on suspicion of lewd, indecent or obscene acts on an aircraft – a charge that carries a sentence of up to 90 days in prison.
uring an interview with the FBI, McGarity allegedly admitted to masturbating on the plane, and he dismissed the entire episode involving the female passenger who witnessed his sexually explicit display as being ‘kind of kinky.’
‘McGarity admitted to law enforcement that he had masturbated during his flight from Seattle, Washington, to Phoenix, Arizona, and that he had an orgasm,’ according to the criminal complaint.
According to this federal complaint, McGarity is accused of masturbating four times and exposing himself to a female passenger on Flight 3814 from Seattle to Phoenix on Saturday morning
The incident unfolded aboard Flight 3814, which took off from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport at 6.12am on Saturday en route to Phoenix.
A short time after takeoff, McGarity, who was in seat 11F, allegedly ‘exposed his penis by pulling down his pants and shorts and began masturbating,’ the complaint alleged.
A female passenger who was in seat 11E directly next to McGarity photographed the libidinous traveler ‘with his hand on his erect penis,’ according to the complaint.
The woman later told police officers in Phoenix that McGarity pleasured himself in front of her on four separate occasions during the flight, which lasted 2 hours, 37 minutes, ‘using both his left and right hands,’ the complaint stated.
When McGarity later fell asleep, the woman told the flight crew about the incident, and they moved her to another seat.
When the plane landed at Sky Harbor International Airport in Phoenix, McGarity was detained by the police and interviewed by FBI agents.
The man allegedly told the agents that he knew the woman sitting next to him was aware he was masturbating and could see his exposed penis, and that she photographed him with her phone.
McGarity told the feds that he asked the female passenger if she minded if he masturbates. According to him, ‘the female put her hands in the air and said, “it really doesn’t matter.”‘
McGarity said he thought it was kind of kinky,’ according to the court document.
McGarity added that he did not think the woman was ‘uncomfortable’ with him pleasuring himself in front of her.
Southwest Airlines has now placed McGarity on its no-fly list, meaning that he has been banned from traveling with the airline for life.
Credit: Daily Mail UK
