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- Cruise ship companies are failing sexual assault victims, lawsuits seen by Business Insider show.
- Experts told BI this is not a new issue, and that victims don't get much support.
- A lack of law enforcement and scarcity of trained staff are part of the problem, they said.
In the early hours of February 9, 2023, the party at the Horizon Bar on the rear deck of the MSC Meraviglia was dying down.
Two women, however, approached the bartender and asked for one more drink, according to a lawsuit seen by Business Insider.
At first, the bartender, identified in the documents only as Ryan, told them that the bar was already closed — he was no longer serving alcohol.