A cruise passenger filed a lawsuit in Florida federal court against Norwegian Cruise Lines. She alleged that she returned to her cabin and found a crewmember making her bed. He allegedly forced her to perform oral sex on him.
As I wrote in a recent post, under maritime law, cruise lines are strictly liable for sexual assaults by a ship’s crewmember against a passenger.
The parties announced to the court that they reached a confidential settlement of the lawsuit.
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