Cruise Law News

12/06/2025

Over 100 crew and passengers are sick with norovirus on the AIDAdiva. This marks 21 gastrointestinal (GI) outbreaks this year— the most ever reported on cruise ships.

How will cruise lines and the Cruise Lines International Association (CLIA) address the record breaking year for cruise ship GI outbreaks?

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12/01/2025

The Spanish Coast Guard suspended its search and rescue operation for a British passenger who went overboard on November 27.

Unsurprisingly, the cruise ship, the Marella Explorer 2, does not have a man overboard system.

The search for a missing 76-year-old British man has been suspended according to the Spanish Coast Guard. The man, who has not been identified, went

11/26/2025

This is not the look you want for your client to appear as a criminal defendant in open court.

I don't think that his lawyer's argument impressed the judge either:

"The so called elderly person is much bigger and stronger than my client," attorney Stephan Lopez said, adding that the victim was the aggressor."

"My client used a reasonable amount of force to defend himself and his wife and children. The so called victim was so drunk he was unable to prevent the fall like a reasonable sober person would have been able to do," Lopez said. (via USATODAY)

11/25/2025

Breaking: Carnival confirmed there was an incident aboard the Carnival Mardi Gras stating: “There was an incident between two guests onboard Carnival’s Mardi Gras over the weekend. The individual involved, along with his family, has been disembarked.”

The man and his family were removed from the ship today in Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic. Carnival did not state whether it notified the FBI or the local police in the ship's home port in the U.S., both of which can exercise jurisdiction over the shipboard crime. Local authorities in the Dominican Republic do not have jurisdiction over crimes on U.S. based cruise ships.

Will the assailant be arrested once he travels back to the U.S.? Neither the captain of the Mardi Gras nor Carnival Cruise Line will say.

A man who reportedly assaulted a teenager onboard the Carnival Mardi Gras on November 22 has been disembarked, according to a tip from a passenger. Cruise

11/24/2025

Captain Allesandro Lemmi of the Carnival Mardi Gras claims he's concerned with the "privacy' of teens in the teen club on the Carnival Mardi Gras, but apparently not for the health & safety of the teen who had the hell beat out of him by an adult? 🫤

Story: http://bit.ly/3KmbBtq

11/24/2025

A passenger, who wishes to remain anonymous, reported that a teenager was violently assaulted by an adult in the teen club on the Carnival Mardi Gras. The passenger sent us a letter from the ship's captain which confirmed the incident and claimed that Carnival will disembark the assailant and send him "home." The Captain also urged passengers not to post videos of the assault.

A passenger aboard the Carnival Mardi Gras contacted Cruise Law News reporting that an adult male passenger assaulted a teenager in the ship's teen club

11/23/2025

This was the 429 person to go overboard from a cruise ship or ferry since 2000, per cruise expert Dr. Ross Klein. It was only the 5th time in 25 years that some went overboard from a cruise ship operated by Disney.

An elderly Melbourne man died after going overboard from the Disney Wonder at 4:30 a.m. on November 22nd. The incident took place in the Tasman Sea,

11/22/2025

New details emerged over the tragic passing of Anna Kepner, who died earlier in November aboard the Carnival Horizon. Anna, 18 years old, died by asphyxiation according to a report by ABC News.

The source stated that Anna had two bruises on her neck sustained from an arm choke.

New details emerged over the tragic passing of Anna Kepner, who died earlier in November aboard the Carnival Horizon. Anna, 18 years old, died by

11/21/2025

Nearly 200 crew members have been accused of possessing Child Sexual Abuse Materials on cruise ships in the past 24 months. Around 20 were arrested and prosecuted, mostly over 6 months ago, with around 170 deported since that time.

The Florida Director of Field Operations (DFO Florida) for U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) in Port Canaveral has continued a series of

11/19/2025

ABC News reports that Anna Kepner's step-sibling may have killed her during the cruise . . .

A minor may face charges in connection with the death of Anna Kepner according to a court filing obtained by ABC News. The report states that one of

11/18/2025

Meanwhile, the FBI and Carnival Cruise Line are staying mum, Why no arrest so far?

New details emerged in the death of 18-year-old Anna Kepner aboard the Carnival Horizon. The Daily Mail first reported that the teen was "found wrapped in

11/18/2025

FOX 35 speaks with Reverend Jamie Barnett, the mother of Ashley Barnett, who died on a Carnival Cruise in 2006. about the limitations of the FBI's involvement in investigating a shipboard death. As president of the crime victim's organization, the International Cruise Victims (ICV), she explains that her the FBI files regarding her daughter's case is still open with little to no official details being released nearly 20 years later.

Anna Kepner had plans for her life. The Titusville teen planned to join the U.S. Navy after graduation and go on to be a K9 police officer, according to her obituary on North Brevard Funeral Home's website. However, in her senior year of school, Anna died while on vacation in the Caribbean on a Carn...