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<p>NEWARK, NJ (April 24, 2015) —The FBI reports that Mauritius man today admitted sexually abusing a sleeping woman aboard a cruise ship, U.S. Attorney Paul Fishman announced.</p>
<p>Karan Seechurn, 25, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Esther Salas in Newark federal court to an information charging him with one count of abusive sexual contact.</p>
<p>According to documents filed in this case and statements made in court:</p>
<p>Seechurn was employed by a cruise line and was responsible for restocking the minibars located in passengers’ rooms. In order to conduct this duty, he was provided with a key that gave him access to passengers’ rooms. Seechurn admitted that on Dec. 23, 2014, while he was off-duty, he entered a passenger’s room and encountered a sleeping woman. Seechurn admitted that he touched the passenger’s genitalia while she was asleep.</p>
<p>The abusive sexual contact charge to which Seechurn pleaded guilty carries a maximum potential penalty of three years in prison. Sentencing is scheduled for August 3, 2015.</p>
<p>The federal government has special maritime jurisdiction over sexual abuse cases, such as those that occur on cruise ships.</p>
<p>U.S. Attorney Fishman credited special agents of the FBI, under the direction of Special Agent in Charge Richard M. Frankel, with the investigation leading to today’s guilty plea.</p>
<p>The government is represented by Assistant U.S. Attorney Meredith Williams of the U.S. Attorney’s Office General Crime Unit in Newark.</p>
<p>Defense counsel: Linda Foster Esq., Assistant Federal Public Defender, Newark.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.cruiselawnews.com/" target="_blank"><em><strong>From Cruise Law News</strong></em></a></p>
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<p style="font: 12px/17px 'Lucida Grande', Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 10px; outline: 0px; border: 0px currentColor; color: #ffffff; text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; word-spacing: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: normal; widows: 1; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; background-color: #224285; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;"><a href="http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2015/04/cruise-ship_employee_admits_he_groped_sleeping_pas.html">NJ.com</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;"> </span></span>reports that Karan Seechurn of Mauritius, an employee who worked aboard the Royal Caribbean <em>Quantum of the Seas</em>, pleaded guilty to one count of abusive sexual contact.</p>
<p style="font: 12px/17px 'Lucida Grande', Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 10px; outline: 0px; border: 0px currentColor; color: #ffffff; text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; word-spacing: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: normal; widows: 1; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; background-color: #224285; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;">In December of last year, crew member Seechurm (a mini-bar attendant) used a master key while he<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><img src="http://www.cruiselawnews.com/uploads/image/Seechum.jpg" alt="Karan Seechurn Royal Caribbean Cruise" width="300" height="301" align="right" hspace="15" vspace="15" /></span></span>was off-duty to enter a woman&#8217;s cabin and molested the woman while she was sleeping.</p>
<p style="font: 12px/17px 'Lucida Grande', Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 10px; outline: 0px; border: 0px currentColor; color: #ffffff; text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; word-spacing: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: normal; widows: 1; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; background-color: #224285; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;">As we<span class="Apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;"> </span></span><a href="http://www.cruiselawnews.com/2014/12/articles/rape-1/royal-caribbean-crew-member-sexually-assaults-passenger-on-quantum-of-the-seas/#comments">wrote last year</a>, it&#8217;s a dangerous practice to give male cabin attendants or mini-bar attendants a master key to passenger cabins. Prior sexual assaults have occurred on Royal Caribbean ships under similar circumstances. Royal Caribbean touts the<span class="Apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;"> </span></span><em>Quantum</em><span class="Apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;"> </span></span>as the most technological advanced cruise ship on the high seas. It&#8217;s too bad that the cruise line didn&#8217;t use old school technology and deactivate the master keys and cards to passenger cabins after hours.</p>
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