Bay Area woman allegedly groped on flight from SFO claims American Airlines failed to stop ‘known sexual predator’ from striking again

A Sonoma County woman is suing American Airlines, claiming staff blamed her after she was groped on a redeye flight from San Francisco International Airport, and that the airline failed to stop a “known sexual predator” from abusing another woman later.

Barbara Morgan, of Windsor, was sitting in the middle seat in economy class in April 2024 on a flight from SFO to Dallas-Fort Worth, her lawsuit filed Thursday in San Francisco U.S. District Court said.

Shortly after the lights in the cabin dimmed...