Royal Caribbean Cruises
Drunk passenger dies like ‘George Floyd’
…family lawyer’s claim
published
TMZ.com
The Royal Caribbean cruise passenger whose family recently filed a wrongful death lawsuit was forced to drink copious amounts of alcohol before being suffocated by security guards… just like george floydthe family’s attorney told TMZ.
Remember, we broke the story… Michael Virgil’s family filed a lawsuit monday against cruise line He died last December After drinking a ton of alcoholic beverages.
Representative Kevin Haynes Now tells TMZ … Virgil was reportedly served a mix of beer and hard alcohol – downing about 33 drinks over the course of seven hours before he left to look for his family in his cabin completely wasted. Even though Virgil had the unlimited drink package, Haynes says there should be limits!
According to the lawsuit, Michael’s drunken search for his family in vain… left him so agitated that he tore his shirt and broke down doors.
TMZ.com
Haynes tells us… security guards were called and they put their entire body weight on Virgil, suffocating him for about 3 minutes. According to Haynes and the LA County Medical Examiner’s report, the sedative medications as well as all the alcohol in his system caused Virgil’s death. Haynes emphasized that Virgil’s death had “echoes of George Floyd.”
The lawsuit says Virgil became the victim of “excessive force and lethal actions taken by crew members” who “administered a sedative, an injection of haloperidol, and used several cans of pepper spray.”
Additionally, Haynes says Royal Caribbean refused to provide surveillance video to see who served Virgil all the alcohol.
Haynes says the FBI launched an investigation, but the current status of the investigation is unclear. We’ve reached out to Royal Caribbean and the FBI for comment…no response yet.
