Woman arrested for attacking child on plane who called her ‘fat,’ police say

SANFORD, Fla. (WFTV) - Police say a woman was arrested at a Florida airport after she repeatedly hit a child on a plane. The arrest report says the incident happened after the child called her “fat” and “Miss Piggy.”

Kristy Lee Crampton, 46, was set to be back home from her family’s Disney World vacation. Instead, she made her first appearance Tuesday in front of a Seminole County judge, where she was granted a $10,000 bond.

Crampton was on board Allegiant Flight 2885 from Orlando-Sanford International Airport on Memorial Day. The flight was set to take off just before 2 p.m., but according to an arrest report, Crampton and witnesses on the plane tell police a child called Crampton “fat” and “Miss Piggy,” telling her she couldn’t fit in the airplane seat.

That’s when witnesses say Crampton began hitting the child with her fist and hit him on the head with a water bottle. She then “slammed” the child’s head into the airplane window, according to the arrest report. The child used his arms to cover his head.

Crampton was arrested outside the airport gate. She is charged with felony child abuse.

Airport police haven’t said how old the child is, but Crampton told police the child was “very rude” and “disrespectful” during their trip to Disney and that after he called her fat, she took his phone away. She claims he then pushed her arm off the armrest twice, and that’s when she began “smacking” him, the arrest report says.

Police and witnesses say Crampton went beyond “typical disciplinary actions.” One witness said, “The woman was not correcting the child; she was abusing him.”

Crampton has been ordered to have no with the child.

The arrest report says the family declined to give statements to police. The FBI was notified of the incident.

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