bhughes2621
Junior Member
What is the name of your state? Washington but the incident happened in Hawaii.
My daughter was sexually assaulted on the cruise ship she was working on, by another employee. She reported the assault to her superiors and was told "everything will be all right."
She informed them that she would be pressing charges. The next day she was terminated. They left her on the dock with no warning, money or place to stay. The police were never contacted by the cruise line to investigate a possible assault.
The reason they gave her for the termination was because she was drinking. They have a video tape of her being helped to her room, by the person who assaulted her, where she could barely stand.
All three of her roommates state that "she had one drink then 30 minutes later she was out of it, so there was no chance that it could have been consensual"
The security department and superiors told her roommate to tell her "let it go, because there was nothing she could do about it!"
The person who committed the assault was only reprimanded.
After being left on the dock she went to the emergency room where a sexual assault kit was done and she informed Police of the assault. The medical examination showed she had traces of Rohypnol in her system. The Police believe this was most likely in the drink she was given, and the video shows she was clearly more then intoxicated.
At no time has the cruise line contacted her to investigate the possible assault, also she was the fourth female terminated in one month for being intoxicated.
My question is should she retain an employment attorney, or a maritime law attorney? Does the attorney need to be located in Hawaii were the incident occurred, Washington were we live, or Florida were the corporate office is?
Please help!
My daughter was sexually assaulted on the cruise ship she was working on, by another employee. She reported the assault to her superiors and was told "everything will be all right."
She informed them that she would be pressing charges. The next day she was terminated. They left her on the dock with no warning, money or place to stay. The police were never contacted by the cruise line to investigate a possible assault.
The reason they gave her for the termination was because she was drinking. They have a video tape of her being helped to her room, by the person who assaulted her, where she could barely stand.
All three of her roommates state that "she had one drink then 30 minutes later she was out of it, so there was no chance that it could have been consensual"
The security department and superiors told her roommate to tell her "let it go, because there was nothing she could do about it!"
The person who committed the assault was only reprimanded.
After being left on the dock she went to the emergency room where a sexual assault kit was done and she informed Police of the assault. The medical examination showed she had traces of Rohypnol in her system. The Police believe this was most likely in the drink she was given, and the video shows she was clearly more then intoxicated.
At no time has the cruise line contacted her to investigate the possible assault, also she was the fourth female terminated in one month for being intoxicated.
My question is should she retain an employment attorney, or a maritime law attorney? Does the attorney need to be located in Hawaii were the incident occurred, Washington were we live, or Florida were the corporate office is?
Please help!