A cruise ship nurse reportedly sexually assaulted a U.S. visitor on a cruise ship which known as yesterday on the port of Nassau within the Bahamas.
The article states that round 7:30 a.m. on Tuesday, April 18, 2029, a forty-three year-old feminine passenger visited the cruise ship’s infirmary for medical consideration. “Reports state that it was during this time, that she was administered a dosage of medication by a male nurse, who allegedly sexually assaulted her moments later. The matter was subsequently reported to the police, which led to the arrest of the 34-year-old suspect.”
The newspaper didn’t determine both the identify of the cruise line employer of the 34 year-old nurse or or the cruise ship in query. On line itineraries present that there have been not less than 4 cruise ships which known as on Nassau yesterday: the Carnival Sunshine, Carnival Liberty, Royal Caribbean’s Wonder of the Seas, and MSC Seascape.
The Cruise Vessel Security and Safety Act requires cruise line to report sure crimes which happen onboard cruise ships, that embark and disembark within the United States, to the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). The crimes stories are summarized in a database maintained on-line by the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT). In 2022, over 62% of sexual assaults occurred on Carnival Cruise Line and Royal Caribbean ships. Of the 87 reported instances, there have been stories of thirty-two (32) sexual assaults reported on cruise ships operated by Carnival Cruise Line to and from U.S. ports and twenty-two (22) instances on Royal Caribbean ships. MSC Cruises had 4 (4) stories of the crime of sexual assault on its U.S. based mostly ships. The database doesn’t determine the identify of the cruise ship, whether or not the assailant is a visitor or a ship worker or whether or not the sufferer is a minor.
Does anybody know the identify of the cruise ship concerned on this newest (alleged) crime?
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Image Credit: Nassau port with Carnival and Royal Caribbean cruise ships – Cruise Radio.
April 20, 2023 Update: Newsweek coated the story right this moment, and requested Carnival, Royal Caribbean and MSC Cruises for a remark: No cruise line has acknowledged the incident occured on its cruise ship.