Delatalas Theologos
Event Date: November 1, 2002
Cruise Bruise: Sexually Assaulted
Victim Age: 26
Cruise Line: Celebrity Cruises
Cruise Ship: Millennium
Lawyer: James Walker
Details:
On November 2, 2002 the Bahamian Police arrested two crew members, both from Athens, Greece, one a plumber and the other an air conditioning technician, on charges of rape.
The charges say that Delatalas Theologos, 20, and Nikolaos Neamonitis, 27, abducted and repeatedly raped "Jane Doe" in the early morning hours of November 1, following a crew Halloween party.
She apparently had been drugged by the alleged assailants, and was rendered unconscious or semi-conscious during the assault.
The female crew member was hired by Celebrity in June 2002 and had been assigned to the Millennium just nine days earlier, to care for the children of passengers.
After the assault, Doe filed a lawsuit, representated by Maritime lawyer James Walker.
The suit says that when "Doe" became conscious, she observed Theologos and Neamonitis videotaping her. She tried to obtain the tape and escape from the cabin, but was assaulted and battered by the men, the suit alleges.
"Doe" reported the rape to the cruise line. But instead of providing medical attention, performing a forensic rape analysis or preserving the scene of the crime, Celebrity subjected her to multiple interrogations by the male Celebrity officers on the ship, the suit alleges.
On November 2, a Celebrity defense lawyer boarded the ship in Nassau. Saying he was acting in a neutral role, he interrogated "Doe" before she was finally allowed to report to the infirmary, the suit alleges. She was allegedly told not to mention the two crew members by name or inform the doctor that she had been sexually assaulted and battered. The doctor refused to treat "Doe," the suit says.
She departed the ship and received medical treatment in the Bahamas, and was flown to Miami by the cruise line on Nov. 3, and provided with a hotel room, Walker said. At her insistence, the cruise line referred her to South Miami Hospital, he said.
Trial was set for February 11, 2003 before Magistrate Meeres in the Bahamas. Then, the story disappeared from the media.
Delatalas Theologos
Sexual Assault Of A Crew Member
Celebrity Cruises Millennium - November 1, 2002
