A passenger on a Caribbean cruise who jumped overboard to avoid paying off US$16,000 of gambling debt they had accumulated on the ship is facing federal charges.
According to authorities, while docked in Puerto Rico as other passengers were disembarking, Jey Gonzalez-Diaz flung himself off the Royal Caribbean’s Rhapsody of the Seas in an attempt to evade repaying thousands of dollars he owed the cruise line.
The swimming pool deck of Asia’s largest cruise ship, Royal Caribbean International’s Rhapsody of the Seas, is seen in January 2008.
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The incident occurred at about 9:15 a.m. on Sept. 7, according to reports by CBS News and the