Bahamas Paradise Cruise Line is facing allegations that it “effectively held hostage” crewmembers by making them stay aboard its ships without pay during the Covid-19 pandemic, according to a proposed class action filed Tuesday in a federal court in Miami.
Dragan Janicijevic, a Serbian citizen who worked as a casino dealer aboard the Grand Celebration, says he was subject to “involuntary servitude” on the ship. “The crew were unnecessarily kept on the ships for months on end, many thousands of miles away from their homes and families,” the complaint says.
Bahamas Paradise Cruise Line “worked tirelessly” to repatriate as many ...
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