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Shame! 53-year-old US millionaire put plane on ‘autopilot’ mode to have sex with 15-year-old girl; here's what happened next

Speed News Desk | Updated on: 22 May 2019, 11:17 IST

In a shameful act, a US millionaire trader allegedly put a plane on autopilot mode to have sex with a 15-year-old minor girl. The 53-year-old Stephen Bradley Mell hails from Bedminster, New Jersey.

Accused has pleaded guilty to federal charges of engaging in interstate travel to engage in illicit sexual conduct and receiving child pornography. The accused could get a five-year jail term in the case. The illicit act took place in December 2018. His sentencing is due on Tuesday.


Father of three, mell had a brokerage firm, was accused of committing sexual acts with a 15-year-old girl. According to a Daily Mail report, the minor’s mother had approached mell to give her flying lessons.

Ahead of Mell’s sentencing, his legal team has argued he is a humble man and was on multiple depressants after hell falls into a spiral of depression which was brought on by survivors’ guilt over giving up his seat on a fatal chopper trip with friends in 2012.

Mell also faces sentencing in July on a state charge related to sexual activity with minor, which he pleaded guilty. Mell started his own charity, Air LifeLine, which flew children with medical needs anywhere in the US for treatment.

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First published: 22 May 2019, 11:17 IST