Sexual Assault

A 15-year-old girl is suing Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines, accusing the company of negligence in an incident in which she was allegedly served alcohol and gang raped aboard one of the company’s ships. The victim, identified as K.T. in court documents, claims that while she was on a seven-day holiday cruise with her sisters and…

According to Newsweek, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Massachusetts has announced that a man who was charged with raping a minor aboard a cruise ship in 2017 has pleaded guilty. 32-year-old Adam Christopher Boyd has admitted to raping an intoxicated 15-year-old boy as the two sailed abord the Norwegian Dawn cruise ship…

Yesterday we blogged about the case of an 18-year-old Italian man who has been accused of sexually assaulting a teenage girl as the two sailed aboard a cruise ship. A Spanish judge sparked international outrage this week after ruling that the man should be released from custody. The Washington Post reports that the alleged rape…

A British newspaper is reporting that a man, who sexually assaulted a teenage girl aboard a cruise ship, has been released from custody.   The Sun reports that Spanish authorities arrested an 18-year-old Italian man on suspicion that he sexually assaulted a 17-year-old Panamanian teen as the two sailed aboard the vessel. But the suspect…

The number one reported crime aboard cruise ships is sexual assault.  In this video cruise ship sexual assault attorney Jack Hickey discusses what to do if you are ever the victim of cruise sexual assault.  Key points: First seek safety and then have a rape kit performed. Report the crime to cruise ship authorities as…

Most cruise ship passengers are unaware of the fact that cruise lines have a relatively high incidence of sexual assault, when compared to the ships’ rates of most other crimes. Put simply, cruise ships suffer more sexual assault and rape than most other forms of crime combined.  Recent data shows that the demographics most commonly…

In 2014 cruise injury attorney Jack Hickey was interviewed by INSIDE Edition relating to a client, who had been violently sexually assaulted while sailing aboard a cruise ship. The woman, identified in the report only as Tristan, was sexually assaulted by two cruise ship employees while she sailed aboard a Carnival cruise ship. The crew…

In this video cruise sexual assault attorney Jack Hickey discusses what to do if you are ever the victim of cruise ship sexual assault or rape.  Hickey advises: Go get help – Do not think that you have done anything wrong. Immediately seek help and to put yourself into a safe location. Report the incident…

Last summer a woman filed suit against a cruise line, claiming that one of the company’s employees sexually assaulted her.  The Miami New Times reports that the alleged incident occurred one year earlier, in August 2017, as the victim sailed with Celebrity Cruises. The report quotes the woman’s court filing, saying that she alleges the…

Sexual assault forever changes the lives of victims and their families. If you or a family member was sexually assaulted on a cruise ship, the first thing you absolutely must do is report it. Then, get the help you need and get a rape kit examination. Contact the FBI and don’t let the cruise line…

Earlier this year a former Royal Caribbean employee filed a lawsuit against the company, claiming that she had been raped and mistreated while working aboard one of the company’s ships. The Miami New Times reports that the woman, identified only as Jane Doe, filed a civil complaint which claims that she was raped while working…

A lawsuit was recently filed against Carnival Cruise Lines, on behalf of a girl who was 15 years old when she traveled with the company. The suit alleges that the plaintiff was raped and sexually assaulted by a group of men aboard a Carnival cruise ship in October 2015. The suit claims that Carnival was…

In late February 2014, Dana Hastings was a passenger on board a Carnival Cruise ship together with her two children, Ramsey and Trey. They were all sharing a cabin as the children were minors. The ship was sailing off the coast of Florida when Hastings claims that an employee of the cruise ship, who she…