2 Kentucky moms say they were drugged, raped by Bahamas resort staffers; cruise never told them about travel warning until after assault
Bahamas travel warning issued in wake of 18 murders so far this yearTwo moms from Kentucky are speaking out after they were allegedly drugged and raped in the Bahamas Sunday after the US
But the next thing Shearer could recall was waking up while she was being assaulted by a uniformed male resort staffer.Bahamian authorities and other staffers at the resort were able to immediately identify the two men accused of the noon assault through surveillance footage.Royal Bahamas police arrested two men, a 40-year-old of South Bahamia and a 54-year-old of Eight Mile Rock, in connection to the sexual assault, the department said in a news release.
Now back in Kentucky, the women have hired a lawyer to get justice and are receiving medical care — including $4,000 in HIV prevention medication, according to the local station. The advisory advises US travelers to “exercise increased caution” when visiting the Bahamas due to crime and gang-on-gang violence that have resulted in 18 murders in January alone.When Amber Shearer and Dongayla Dobson received their toxicology tests, they showed a plethora of drugs and barely any alcohol in their bodies.
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