Couple accused of performing sex acts midflight in front of children

SARASOTA, Fla. (WWSB/Gray News) – A couple from Connecticut traveling on a JetBlue flight to Florida was arrested after two children allegedly witnessed them performing sex acts during a flight, according to authorities.

Court documents filed in Sarasota County, Florida, state that around 10:30 a.m. on July 19, a JetBlue flight attendant was approached by a woman traveling with her two children. The woman said they witnessed two other passengers engaging in sexual activity in their seats.

After the flight crew became aware of the allegations, an attendant walked to where 43-year-old Trista L. Reilly and 42-year-old Christopher Drew Arnold, both from Connecticut, were seated.

The flight attendant allegedly witnessed Reilly “making up and down movements with her head while she was face down on Mr. Arnold’s lap,” according to officials.

The allegations were also corroborated by the two underage passengers, who said they directly observed the sex acts.

Reilly and Arnold were arrested at around 11:30 a.m., shortly after the plane landed at the Sarasota-Bradenton International Airport.

Both been charged with lewd or lascivious exhibition, specifically in the presence of minors.