A cruise ship nurse reportedly sexually assaulted a U.S. guest on a cruise ship which called yesterday on the port of Nassau in the Bahamas.
The article states that around 7:30 a.m. on Tuesday, April 18, 2029, a forty-three year-old female passenger visited the cruise ship’s infirmary for medical attention. “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 did not identify either the name of the cruise line employer of the 34 year-old nurse or or the cruise ship in question. On line itineraries show that there were at least four cruise ships which called 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 (CVSSA) requires cruise line to report certain crimes which occur onboard cruise ships, that embark and disembark in the United States, to the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). The crimes reports are summarized in a database maintained online 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 cases, there were reports 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) cases on Royal Caribbean ships. MSC Cruises had four (4) reports of the crime of sexual assault on its U.S. based ships. The database does not identify the name of the cruise ship, whether the assailant is a guest or a ship employee or whether the victim is a minor.
The CVSSA data is limited to crimes where the victim is a U.S. national. When woman from Europe or South American, etc. are victims of sexual assault, there is no obligation by the cruise lines to report the crimes.
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Image Credit: Nassau port with Carnival and Royal Caribbean cruise ships – Cruise Radio.
April 20, 2023 Update: Newsweek covered the story today, and asked Carnival, Royal Caribbean and MSC Cruises for a comment: No cruise line has acknowledged the incident occured on its cruise ship.
May 3, 2023 Update: The newspapers in Nassau have identified the 34 year-old ship nurse, Titus Dabre, and the cruise ship where the sexual assault occurred, MSC Seascape.