A 40-year-old Indian national, Ganesh Parkar groped a woman during Mumbai to Newark flight on Wednesday and then apologised to her through written notes, a US Court heard on Thursday.
Mr. Parker was flying business class but got up from his seat and sat next to the victim who was seated in the economy class.
The criminal complaint states Mr. Parkar grabbed the victim’s breast without her consent.
According to court documents, the woman yelled, "What the hell are you doing?" and crew members instructed Parkar to move back to his assigned seat.
Parkar repeatedly asked flight attendants to allow him to speak to the woman but his requests were denied, prosecutors said.
He wrote her two notes in which he apologised for a "moment's stupidity" and admitted he had been "stupid," according to the complaint.
Parkar was charged with one count of abusive sexual contact on a plane, authorities said.
He appeared in Newark federal court on Thursday afternoon, where Mr. Parker who lives in Windsor, New Jersey was asked to surrender his passport.
He was released on $50,000 unsecured bond and has been ordered into home detention with electronic monitoring.
