Our Cruise Ship Sexual Assault Client in the News Again
Our cruise ship sexual assault client continues to make headlines as she continues to strike back not only on with a legal remedy using our maritime law firm's expertise in handling cruise ship sexual assault cases, but also on the political front demanding that laws are enacted to better protect cruise ship passengers from crime on cruise ships.
Read the story in the Charleston Gazzette:
Gropers: Women fight back
The Charleston Gazzette
September 01, 2006
Former movie muscleman Arnold Schwarzenneger was notorious for groping women sexually. But he wasn’t arrested. Instead, California voters elected him governor.Various West Virginia politicians and public officials have cost taxpayers millions by pawing unreceptive women employees or visitors in government offices, resulting in sexual harassment lawsuits. But the politicians didn’t pay the damage settlements - West Virginians did.
Now a Parkersburg woman, Kimberly Dean Edwards, is striking back at this odious pattern. She’s suing, getting political help and demanding federal law changes.While she was on a Caribbean cruise to celebrate her 40th birthday, a drunken fellow passenger came into a women’s restroom of the ship and asked her to pose for a photo with him. Two ship employees held the restroom door open, and another man clicked a camera. Edwards went along with the clowning - until the drunk grabbed her breasts. She was infuriated.
Afterward, she was infuriated more when ship officers did little to the groper, and even threatened to arrest her if she confronted him. Returning home to West Virginia, she contacted the International Cruise Victims group, and also asked Gov. Manchin for help. He forwarded her case to West Virginia’s members of Congress. Rep. Alan Mollohan co-sponsored a bill to force cruise lines to report crimes at sea or face federal fines. Edwards also is suing Royal Caribbean cruise line.
Some vain, stupid men think they’re Tom Cruise or Casanova, and that all women would be delighted by their attentions. We hope the Edwards case helps bolster women’s defenses against such unwanted crudity.
The maritime lawyers of Lipcon, Margulies & Alsina, P.A. represent Kimberly Edwards with respect to her cruise ship sexual assault claim. If you or someone you love has been the victim of rape or sexual assault on a cruise ship, contact us for a free confidential consultation and let us put our expertise to work for you.
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