After Dr. Grant Smith pleaded not guilty on Monday to charges that he watched child pornography on a plane, his father talked exclusively to RadarOnline.com about the scandal that has rocked their family.

"I am about shocked the charges that are brought against him," the University of Utah science professor's dad, Bruce Smith, told us.

As RadarOnline.com previously reported, Dr. Smith was arrested on a charge of child pornography possession Saturday by authorities in Massachusetts immediately after his Utah-to-Boston flight landed at Logan Airport. He was held in lieu of $75,000 cash bail Monday.

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A University of Utah science professor pleaded not guilty in a Boston courtroom Monday to accusations he watched child porn on his laptop during a cross-country Delta flight.

As we previously reported, Dr. Grant D. Smith was arrested on a charge of child pornography possession Saturday by authorities in Massachusetts immediately after his Utah-to-Boston flight landed at Logan Airport. He was ordered held in lieu of $75,000 cash bail Monday.

Prosecutor Erik Bennett said that a fellow passenger in first class on Smith’s flight number 270 saw him watching the movies and told flight attendants. They subsequently alerted officials and told Smith to shut his university-issued Mac Book.

UPDATE: Smith pleaded not guilty in court Monday morning. The judge ordered him held in lieu of $75,000 cash bail and a pretrial hearing was set for Dec. 27.

A University of Utah professor of materials science and engineering, accused of watching child porn on his laptop during a cross-country Delta flight, will hear the charges against him in a Boston courtroom on Monday.

As we previously reported, Dr. Grant D. Smith was arrested on a charge of child pornography possession Saturday by authorities in Massachusetts immediately after his Utah-to-Boston flight landed at Logan Airport.

A fellow passenger in first class on flight number 270 told the attendants, who subsequently alerted officials. A passenger took a cell phone pic of the professor viewing a child porn video, CNN affiliate WCVB reported.