Margaritaville at Sea Cruise Passenger Says Bartender Raped and Impregnated Her
A West Virginia woman says a bartender working on a Margaritaville at Sea cruise ship snuck into her cabin in the middle of the night and raped her, leaving her pregnant and forced to get an abortion.
The woman, identified only as Jane Doe in a federal lawsuit filed against the Classica cruise line, is the second to accuse the same bartender of sexual assault—her cabin mate was also allegedly raped on the same night. The bartender, Hoobesh Dookhy, pleaded guilty in November to one count of abusive sexual contact in connection with Jane Doe’s cabinmate. (The more severe charge of sexual abuse was dropped as part of a plea deal under which Dookhy pleaded guilty only to groping the cabin mate’s bare breast as she slept.)
Both women have claimed Dookhy used his position as bartender to swipe their room key and gain access to their room while they were sleeping.