Overview
- A 26-year-old hairstylist employed on Virgin Voyages' Brilliant Lady has been charged in federal court with two counts of abusive sexual contact for alleged groping of female passengers during salon visits.
- Authorities say the alleged incidents occurred when the employee escorted women into a small, dimly lit barber room and presented unwanted touching of breasts as 'complimentary' or 'therapeutic' massages.
- The FBI arrested the worker when the ship returned to port and prosecutors filed a criminal complaint that describes two charged victims and references at least one other suspected incident.
- In an interview reported in the complaint, the accused admitted offering massages for about 10–12 days and said he took 'four or five' women into the barber room, and investigators are seeking more witnesses and victims.
- If convicted, the defendant faces up to two years in prison on each count and Virgin Voyages says the worker was removed from duty and the company is cooperating with investigators.