Carnival cruise brawl caught on camera broke out over alleged cheating, passenger says

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If you purchase a product or register for an account through a link on our site, we may receive compensation. An alleged threesome between passengers had upset their significant others when they learned of the rendezvous, according to James, who said she witnessed the fight from her door. While the fight seemed to be between a group of adults, Carnival told Fox News, "Everyone has a better time when children are supervised, and this guideline is consistent with our commitment to safety." The fight, according to the person that posted the video, was over "a seat and personal space," The Sun reported. The video appears to show a man punching a woman while onlookers attempt to stop the brawl by hitting and kicking the man. The ship, which departed from the Cape Liberty Cruise Port in New Jersey on June 20, traveled to Dominicana, Turks and Caicos and a private island in the Bahamas before returning to the East Coast, according to an online tracker.

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A fight involving up to 60 participants broke out aboard a Carnival Cruise Line ship returning to New York City following an eight-day Caribbean cruise this week. “The safety and security of our guests and crew is our number one priority; we apply a zero-tolerance approach to excessive behavior that affects other guests,” Carnival Cruise Line said in a statement. The ship was about 123 nautical miles from shore during the Oct. 20 incident, with the Massachusetts island of Nantucket the closest landmass.

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The dust-up lasted roughly an hour and spilled into the casino area on the same level of the ship, she said. Security had to call in the Coast Guard to help escort the ship to shore, according to the New York Post. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. Quotes displayed in real-time or delayed by at least 15 minutes. James says an alleged threesome is what sparked the dispute, with passengers becoming riled up after learning that their significant others had engaged in the ménage à trois.

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Shouting between the passengers can be heard on a TikTok video of the incident even as the fight was broken up by security. Officials could not confirm by the afternoon whether the fight would be handled by the NYPD, New Jersey authorities, or if it happened in international waters. A violent brawl broke out aboard a Carnival Cruise Lines ship in Australia — leading to 23 members of the same family getting kicked off the trip. Based out of Jacksonville, Florida, the Carnival Elation ship was at the end of a five-day sailing when the fight erupted late Wednesday night, First Coast News, a Fox affiliate out of Jacksonville, reported.

Carnival cruise brawl caught on camera broke out over alleged cheating, passenger says

Neither the Coast Guard nor the NYPD boarded the vessel, officials said. Passengers disembarked without further incident upon their NYC arrival Tuesday. Jurisdictional questions around where the ship was at the time of the altercation -- was it in international waters? -- have yet to be answered so it's not entirely clear just yet which department or agency will lead the investigation. The ship’s security team tried to break up the fight, James said, and eventually called the US Coast Guard.

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Theresa James, a travel agent, said the fight started just before 2 a.m. On the fifth floor of the cruise ship, where the onboard dance club and casino can be found. U.S. law enforcement is investigating a massive fight that broke out early Tuesday morning on a Carnival Magic cruise ship that involved around 40 to 60 passengers. Another brawl has broken out onboard a Carnival cruise ship, where multiple injuries were reported, including innocent bystanders. It's not clear what sparked the fight, but PIX 11 reported it started between two people on a dance floor and intensified as others joined in the fray. Anywhere from 40 to 60 people were involved in the fight by the time it was broken up, officials said.

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The is video below is from aboard the Carnival Elation as it was approaching Jacksonville. The video is from aboard the Carnival Elation as it was approaching Jacksonville. The incident happened late Wednesday night, toward the end of a five-day trip.

Coast Guard were on hand as the vessel docked in New York, but they did not board the ship due to jurisdictional concerns. It is still unclear if the family will face any charges for the fight, though Marine Area Command officials are currently investigating it. Carnival Cruise Line said it was offering guests a 25 percent future cruise credit as a "goodwill gesture" but some passengers criticized the offer.

The brawl was captured on video aboard the ship as it was sailing toward Jacksonville for disembarkment, the news outlet said. Passengers who witnessed the fight say it happened over cheating allegations. Theresa James, a travel agent, told Fox News that beer bottles were smashed and a woman may have been cut. By the time the brawl was broken up, there had been anywhere from 40 to 60 people involved. New York Police Department officers and paramedics were there when the ship arrived.

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The fight lasted about an hour, James said, and took the parties involved from the ship’s fifth floor to its first. The cruise liner with more than 2,000 passengers was on a 10-day trip from Melbourne to New Caledonia, a French territory in the South Pacific. The "big Italian family" spent days attacking Australians aboard the ship, with people "getting strangled and punched up," passenger Lisa Bolitho told reporters.

"Thankfully no serious injuries were reported and our onboard security team intervened," the cruise line's statement continued. "The ship arrived as scheduled this morning and authorities were notified and met the ship to interview suspects and witnesses and conduct an investigation." Police are investigating after an all-out brawl erupted on a cruise ship as it headed back to New York overnight, authorities confirmed Tuesday after it safely arrived. Up to 60 people were ultimately involved in the fray over international waters, cops said. This is the second fight in recent months that has erupted on a Carnival cruise ship. As reported by the Daily Mail, as many as 60 people engaged in a fight at around 2 a.m.

James told Fox the cause of the fight was an alleged threesome between cheating passengers that upset the participant's partners. While she credited Carnival and its security team for acting quickly to manage the situation, James had harsher words for the guests involved, calling them “ignorant fools acting stupid,” Fox reported. Cellphone video footage purportedly of the brawl on Friday shows security guards fighting and trying to separate passengers amid shouting and kicking. Carnival Magic acknowledged the incident, saying, "a number of guests were involved in an altercation in a nightclub" as the ship returned to Manhattan.