US Woman Claims Cruise Ship Bartender Raped And Impregnated Her In Cabin
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The alleged assault occurred in May 2023 aboard the Margaritaville at Sea Paradise as it was sailing from Rivera Beach in Florida to Freeport, Bahamas.
A US woman is suing a cruise operator after a crew member allegedly snuck into her cabin and raped her, causing her to become pregnant. According to the New York Post, the alleged assault occurred in May 2023 aboard the Margaritaville at Sea Paradise as it was sailing from Rivera Beach in Florida to Freeport, Bahamas. The woman, identified as Jane Doe, filed a federal lawsuit against the cruise ship after the bartender, Hoobesh Kumar Dookhy, pleaded guilty to sexually assaulting her cabin mate on the same night last May.
In the lawsuit, obtained by the Post, Ms Doe claimed that she and her cabin mate, identified as HB, had been drinking at a bar aboard the ship on the evening of May 5. Both charged the beverages to their cabin, "providing crewmembers staffing the bar access to their shared cabin number and room key".
The woman alleged that as they slept in the cabin later that night, the bartender entered the room and raped her. Ms Doe became pregnant as a result and was "forced to terminate the pregnancy from which she then suffered serious complications," the lawsuit said.
