A Tennessee man was finally arrested after he assaulted a teenager on the Carnival Mardi Gras on November 22, 2025. The man, Orlando R. Hughes, 43, was first arrested in Tennessee by Mt. Juliet Police on May 14, 2026 as “a fugitive from justice,” and then booked in Brevard County, Florida on May 24, a
A man who allegedly assaulted a teenager onboard the Carnival Mardi Gras on November 22 has been disembarked, according to a tip from a passenger.
Cruise Law News previously reported that the man made a threatening remark before he went to the ship’s teen club and allegedly attacked the teen, who was reportedly “badly injured.”
A passenger aboard the Carnival Mardi Gras contacted Cruise Law News reporting that an adult male passenger assaulted a teenager in the ship’s teen club at around 9:30 pm on November 22.
The tipster, who wishes to remain anonymous, is on the same hall as the alleged assailant and saw him before and after the
