A Minnesota man is going through a cost of abusive sexual contact whereas on a cruise ship from Iceland to Boston this previous summer season, in line with federal prosecutors in Massachusetts.
Daniel Farias, 45, of Bloomington, Minn., will seem in federal court docket in Boston on Friday, in line with a news launch from the workplace of the U.S. lawyer for Massachusetts.
The man is accused of sexually assaulting a male crewmember on Aug. 30, 2022, whereas aboard the Celebrity Summit Cruise Ship, in line with the charging paperwork. The alleged assault occurred in a males’s restroom that the crew member had entered within the early morning hours to scrub, the paperwork say.
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Farias started rubbing the sufferer’s forearm when he pulled his arm away and requested Farias what he was doing, the paperwork say. Farias then allegedly used each his palms to seize the sufferer’s genitalia over his garments and made a “sexually explicit” remark.
According to the charging paperwork, Farias apologized and requested the sufferer to not report what occurred earlier than leaving the restroom.
The cost of abusive sexual contact gives for a sentence of as much as two years in jail, as much as one 12 months of supervised launch and a fantastic of as much as $250,000
The passenger was indicted by a federal grand jury, authorities mentioned Saturday. It was not instantly recognized if he’s being represented by an lawyer.
According to the corporate’s web site, the Celebrity Summit is 965 ft lengthy and might maintain greater than 2,2200 individuals.
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