When most people disembark from a cruise, they wait for the gangway. But one passenger on Royal Caribbean’s Rhapsody of the Seas decided to take the express route straight overboard to avoid a hefty casino tab.
According to investigators, Jey Gonzalez-Diaz, traveling under the name Jeremy Diaz, was facing a bill of $16,710.24, largely from onboard gambling losses. As the ship docked in San Juan, Puerto Rico, on September 7, during routine U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) inspections, Gonzalez-Diaz apparently thought it was a good time to test out the ship’s “man overboard” protocols.
Instead of vanishing into the blue, he was promptly scooped up by a passing jet skier who apparently thought “rescue”…