Senad Djedovic, a former assistant cruise director for Norwegian Cruise Lines, pled guilty to possessing child pornography depicting a cruise passenger. The once NCL employee faces as much as 10 years in prison for having photos of an underage girl he had sex with on the NORWEGIAN STAR cruise ship. […]
Author: Keith S. Brais
Child victims of sexual assault / exploitation aboard cruise ships have been handed a victory in Federal Court. Former U.S. Public Defender for the Southern District of Florida now U.S. District Court Judge, Kathleen Williams, ruled cruise lines can be held civilly liable for their crewmembers’ violation of the certain […]
U.S. Coast Guard helicopter crews medevaced a 35-year-old female Polish passenger from THE WORLD cruise ship who was suffering from pneumonia on May 25th. Petty Officer Anthony Soto stated the rescue involved two helicopters missions. The first delivered oxygen to the cruise ship and the second transported the passenger to […]
Coast Guard medically evacuated a 67-year-old man from the Royal Caribbean cruise ship ENCHANTMENT OF THE SEAS off the coast of Cape Cod, Massachusetts on May 21st. The Coast Guard received a call at 10:55 a.m. that a male passenger was suffering from stroke-like symptoms. A MH-60T Jayhawk helicopter hoisted […]
Carnival Cruises’ attempt to prohibit an injured American crewmember from bringing a lawsuit under United States law and having a jury decide his case has been defeated by the Brais Law maritime lawyers. Over the past few years, Carnival and other cruise lines have been taking advantage of an obscure […]