A witness claims that jealously over a threesome amongst passengers led to a fight that broke out between dozens of individuals aboard a cruise liner.
An eyewitness to the altercation, a travel agent, informed Fox News that the brawl started over infidelity charges, specifically an alleged threesome that offended the participants’ respective partners.
A tumultuous event was captured on camera when between 40 and 60 passengers started pushing and hitting one another.
The argument began between two passengers on the nightclub dance floor, but as more and more others joined in, it quickly got out of hand.
The altercation took place on the ship’s final night of an eight-day Caribbean voyage that included landings in Dominican Republic, Turks and Caicos, and the Bahamas.
Theresa James reported that the incident, which took place near the ship’s disco and casino, began just before 2 a.m. and lasted for an entire hour.
During the brawl, bottles were broken and a woman was also cut, but no significant injuries were noted.
A few ship security guards tried to break up the battle where they could, but they were greatly outnumbered as it eventually spread throughout the ship from the fifth floor down to the first floor.
The NYPD opened an investigation and the Coast Guard escorted the ship back to port as a result.
James described the guests who got into the altercation as “ignorant fools acting stupid,” in her words.
She gave the security crew credit for getting involved in the altercation and eventually bringing it under control.
A witness claimed on Twitter under the handle @nyeem0 that he was “in the bar listening to my own music sipping a Shirley Temple, then the brawl broke out of nowhere” when the altercation started.
Some passengers were “hurt and cut up from glass,” he continued, and “most, if not all,” of the ship’s security personnel descended on the club to restore order.
The witness continued, “I guess they wanted to go out with a bang since it was the last night, but a lifelong ban from cruising is insane lol.”
It is unclear whether the ship was in New York, New Jersey, or international seas when the fight broke out, making the question of criminal jurisdiction confusing. The battle happened as the ship entered the New York harbor.
Following the altercation, no arrests were made, and it wasn’t clear which agency would oversee the inquiry.
Following the altercation, cruise line representatives informed the Coast Guard, which, according to WNBC-TV, deployed a boat from Staten Island to accompany the ship to dock in Manhattan.
At Pier 88, where police and paramedics were preparing to welcome it, the ship docked without incident.
The Coast Guard was alerted by the cruise officials, and Staten Island deployed a small boat to guide the ship the remaining distance to its Pier 88 berth.
The incident was initially referred to by the NYPD as a “emergency docking,” but Carnival later told PIX11 that it was actually a scheduled port visit.
The statement added, “Last night, as Carnival Magic was sailing back to New York, a number of passengers were involved in a fight in a nightclub.”
Our onboard security crew responded, thankfully preventing any catastrophic injury, the cruise line claimed.
Carnival’s statement continued, “The ship landed this morning as scheduled, and shoreside law enforcement authorities were contacted and met the ship to question suspects and witnesses and conduct an investigation.”
According to the police, the passengers left the ship without any problems.
The Carnival Magic has already departed New York for another eight-day Caribbean vacation, according to CruiseMapper.
Turks & Caicos, the US Virgin Islands, and Puerto Rico are all scheduled as stops.