Passengers sue Royal Caribbean over hidden cameras, warn other victims

[KARAH RUCKER]

A DOZEN CRUISE PASSENGERS ARE SUING ROYAL CARIBBEAN AFTER A NOW-FIRED CABIN ATTENDANT WAS FOUND GUILTY OF PLACING HIDDEN CAMERAS IN THEIR ROOMS AND THEY SAY HUNDREDS MORE PEOPLE MAY BE VICTIMS WITHOUT EVEN BEING AWARE.

A CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT FILED THIS WEEK ACCUSES ARVIN JOSEPH MIRASOL, WHO WORKED ON THE SYMPHONY OF THE SEAS, OF INSTALLING CAMERAS ON AT LEAST 12 CRUISES AND POSTING SOME OF THE FOOTAGE OF PEOPLE UNDRESSING OR SHOWERING ON THE INTERNET, INCLUDING UNDERGROUND SITES.

AUTHORITIES SAY MIRASOL’S RECORDINGS HAPPENED BETWEEN DECEMBER 2023 AND FEBRUARY 2024 WITH SOME OF THE VICTIMS’ AS YOUNG AS TWO-YEARS-OLD.

INVESTIGATORS ALSO NOTE MIRASOL TOLD THEM HE WOULD SNEAK INTO PASSENGERS’ ROOMS, HIDE UNDER THEIR BEDS, AND RECORD THEM WHILE THEY SHOWERED. 

MIRASOL PLEADED GUILTY TO PRODUCING CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE MATERIAL IN AUGUST AND WAS SENTENCED TO 30 YEARS IN PRISON.

THE PLAINTIFFS OF THE LATEST CLASS ACTION SUIT ACCUSE R-C OF FAILING TO TAKE PROPER STEPS TO PREVENT MARISOL’S VIDEO VOYEURISM AND SAY NEARLY ONE-THOUSAND PEOPLE COULD BE VICTIMS.

THEY ARE SEEKING A JURY TRIAL AND PUNITIVE DAMAGES FOR STRESS DISORDERS AND “PHYSICAL PAIN” BROUGHT ON BY THE MIRASOL’S ACTIONS.

MIRASOL AND R-C ALSO FACE ANOTHER CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT BROUGHT AGAINST THEM BY A MOM AND HER TWO DAUGHTERS.

ROYAL CARIBBEAN HAS YET TO RESPOND TO THE RECENT SUITS BUT AFTER MIRASOL’S ARREST SAID IN A STATEMENT, “WE HAVE ZERO TOLERANCE FOR THIS UNACCEPTABLE BEHAVIOR” AND WERE COOPERATING WITH THE INVESTIGATION.

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