WASHINGTON (AP) — Laurie Dishman told senators through tears Wednesday that she was choked and raped on a Royal Caribbean cruise by one of the line’s employees, using her experience to shed light on the dangers that passengers might face on cruises.
“Cruise consumers have virtually no rights or protections,” Dishman, a resident of Sacramento, California, said during a Senate Commerce Committee hearing in which witnesses called for more passenger protections on cruise liners. “I know this first-hand.”
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