Masturbating American Airlines passenger gropes horrified seatmate but claims he was just ‘stretching,’ feds say

A short flight last week turned ugly for one unsuspecting traveler, according to the feds - (Getty Images)

A Texas man is accused of masturbating openly while groping at the dumbstruck passenger sitting next to him aboard an American Airlines flight from Boston to Washington, D.C., later denying any wrongdoing and insisting to police that he had merely been “stretching his arms.”

Aerospace executive Darrell Ray Seale, 56, continued to touch his seatmate’s crotch and leg even after the man demanded he stop, according to a probable cause affidavit obtained by The Independent.