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\nA North Carolina man is \u201cdevastated\u201d after he says a United Airlines flight attendant accused him of inappropriately touching his son\u2019s genitals. The dad was not charged with a crime and released. However, he says both he and his son remain traumatized by the experience. <\/p>\n

Henry Amador-Batten said he and his 5-year-old son, Ben, were greeted at Raleigh\u2013Durham International Airport on Friday by a group of police officers, The Durham Herald-Sun<\/a> reported. He soon learned that a flight attendant had seen him cuddling with his son on their flight from Newark, New Jersey, and felt that his hand rested too close to the boy\u2019s genitals.<\/p>\n

Amador-Batten, who was returning home from a family visit in Puerto Rico, said he was caught completely off guard by the accusation, but cooperated with police. He said he explained to the officers that Ben was afraid of flying, and he\u2019d simply placed his hand on his son\u2019s lap to comfort him as he fell asleep. Meanwhile, Amador-Batten\u2019s husband, Joel, waited for the pair outside of airport security as the ordeal unfolded. <\/p>\n

Amador-Batten told HuffPost that both he and Ben remain traumatized by the experience. \u201cThat flight attendant\u2019s false accusation did not save a child, it put an entire family in danger,\u201d he said. \u201cWe\u2019re [made to] understand that families like ours, created out of choice and love, are fragile by nature. … We are not as protected nor solidified, and we need to be.\u201d<\/p>\n

In an email sent to HuffPost, a spokesperson said that United Airlines had apologized to the Amador-Batten family. \u201cOur customers should always be treated with the utmost respect,\u201d he wrote. \u201cWe have followed up with the customers directly and we apologized for the situation.\u201d<\/p>\n

Amador-Batten acknowledged that he\u2019d received an apology from a United representative, but called it \u201cempty and hollow.\u201d He and his husband, who are in the process of adopting a second son, have hired an attorney and are now planning to seek damages from the airline. The ordeal has been especially difficult for Ben, he said. <\/p>\n

\u201cThe most painful part of this continues to be how this affected my son, and how it may continue to,\u201d he said. \u201cHe\u2019s not been sleeping well, refusing to sleep in his own room and just wants to be by his daddies.\u201d<\/p>\n

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