has not been charged with any crime  - and that he was released after being questioned.

 When questioned about the complaint made by a fellow passenger on the flight, law enforcement spoke to [Thornton] for five minutes or less, immediately determined that no wrongdoing had occurred and told my client he was free to go,  Hart added.

8 Thornton, pictured above in 2013, was fired from  Wheel of Fortune  Friday in connection with an incident on an American Airlines flight in May. WireImage

8 TMZ published photos of the incident, in which Thornton was photographed engaging in an alleged pedophilia chatroom, as seen above. TMZ

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On Sept. 2, TMZ reported that  Wheel of Fortune  staff were rushing to edit Thornton out of the upcoming season in a  major undertaking  prior to the season's Sept. 14 debut.

Hart then exclusively told Page Six on Sept. 3 that Thornton had been  misdirected  to lifeline.chat when he meant to visit 988lifeline.org and its chat forum, chat.988lifeline.org - the latter websites which provide support for individuals experiencing suicidal thoughts.

While stressing that Thornton  did nothing wrong,  the attorney claimed he  did not know that the website lifeline.chat claims to offer mental health support to individuals with pedophilic thoughts,  and claimed he allegedly  left the page and has not visited since  when he realized the site's nature.

Hart also claimed lifeline.chat itself  is not unlawful  and contains  no unlawful child pornography or other pedophilic content. 

8 Sony Pictures Television Studios announced earlier this week that an investigation had been launched and Thornton, seen above on the show, had been suspended. YouTube/Wheel of Fortune

8 Thornton's employment was subsequently  terminated, effective immediately,  a spokesperson for the company confirmed to Page Six. YouTube/Keeping the Magic Alive

Hart added that her famous client  has never viewed, downloaded or consumed any child pornography whether on that commercial flight in May or at any other time,  noting that the former announcer  was never arrested or charged with a crime  and stressing that cops  immediately confirmed that no crime had occurred  before releasing him.

However, TMZ published photos taken by a passenger seated next to Thornton on the American Airlines flight just hours after Page Six shared Hart's statement on Sept. 3.

The images showed Thornton - clad in a  Wheel of Fortune  jacket - in the chatroom during the flight, with timestamps seemingly indicating the chat went on for nearly a full hour.

In a pair of the images, messages allegedly posted by Thornton under the username  NicholasB77  were seen in the chat bar.

User  NicholasB77  seemingly commented that the Golden Corral restaurant is a  nice hangout for kids  and that they saw  a couple of cute boys and a hot little girl  while dining there the day before.

They added in the next message,  All-you-can-eat Boyffet. 

8 An attorney for Thornton, seen here in 2013, denied wrongdoing and said that he'd mistakenly clicked on a link. Getty Images

8 Thornton, pictured above in a previous video, has not been arrested or charged in connection with the incident. He has not personally addressed his firing. Disney via Getty Images

Thornton - who has been married for 35 years to Sue Thornton, with whom he shares a son - has not been arrested or charged in connection with the incident, and has yet to address his firing from the show after nearly 15 years. (He joined in 2011.)

On Friday, TMZ published additional images shared by the concerned airplane passenger seemingly indicating Thornton was experiencing  panic  after a flight attendant told him to shut down his laptop. The person told the outlet he appeared  nervous. 

In the photos, Thornton apparently typed an unknown question into Google's search engine on his phone, with A.I. response returning an answer that appeared illegible in several spots.

 No link to your room: Unless you explicitly told someone  I am hosting this specific chatroom on for right now,' nobody … at your internet … and link your … identity to … room,  the images read.

An additional line - heavily obscured by Thornton's hand - read,  Why You … to Panic.