Overview
- The Sarasota state attorney’s office dismissed the case on Oct. 30, with WWSB reporting prosecutors cited a jurisdiction issue because the alleged conduct occurred outside Florida.
- Defendants Trista Reilly, 43, and Christopher Arnold, 42, had faced two counts each of lewd and lascivious exhibition in the presence of minors.
- Police records cite a mother, her children, and a flight attendant as witnesses to alleged sexual activity on JetBlue Flight 163 from JFK to Sarasota on July 19.
- The couple were arrested when the plane landed in Sarasota around 11:30 a.m., later released on their own recognizance, and pleaded not guilty in August.
- JetBlue called the reported behavior unacceptable and said the customers are no longer welcome to fly with the airline.