Posted on Jun 15, 2022
A merchant navy cadet is suing Maersk, saying the company failed to protect her from rape and...
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A merchant navy cadet, whose allegation that she was raped during at-sea training sparked an industry-wide reckoning, is suing Maersk, saying the shipping company failed to protect her from rampant abuse.
The cadet, Hope Hicks, says she was plied with alcohol and raped by a Maersk first engineer in 2019 while completing her mandatory at-sea training at the US Merchant Marine Academy (USMMA), according to court documents seen by Insider.
Hicks told Insider: "It changed me completely ... it took me months, even a year or so, to even recover from everything that happened on that ship."
The cadet, Hope Hicks, says she was plied with alcohol and raped by a Maersk first engineer in 2019 while completing her mandatory at-sea training at the US Merchant Marine Academy (USMMA), according to court documents seen by Insider.
Hicks told Insider: "It changed me completely ... it took me months, even a year or so, to even recover from everything that happened on that ship."
A merchant navy cadet is suing Maersk, saying the company failed to protect her from rape and...
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Merchant Marines
Sexual Assault
Sailors
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel One hell-of-a-read... sure doesn't help recruitment efforts.
..."One day in August 2019, the crew had a heavy drinking session, despite strict Maersk rules against on-board drinking, per the complaint. It said that Hicks took part reluctantly, and, fearing the ship's strict command structure, felt "forced" to consume 8-10 shots of hard liquor over a short time, before passing out.
Hicks woke up naked in her room and found bloodied sheets and bruises all over her body, according to the complaint. "Hope was a virgin who planned to abstain from sex until marriage," the complaint says.
Both in the complaint and her original account, Hicks says that although her memories are incomplete she recalled being forcibly kissed by the First Engineer and him being on top of her."...
..."One day in August 2019, the crew had a heavy drinking session, despite strict Maersk rules against on-board drinking, per the complaint. It said that Hicks took part reluctantly, and, fearing the ship's strict command structure, felt "forced" to consume 8-10 shots of hard liquor over a short time, before passing out.
Hicks woke up naked in her room and found bloodied sheets and bruises all over her body, according to the complaint. "Hope was a virgin who planned to abstain from sex until marriage," the complaint says.
Both in the complaint and her original account, Hicks says that although her memories are incomplete she recalled being forcibly kissed by the First Engineer and him being on top of her."...
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I was A Merchant Mariner For A Few Years On USNS Ship’s and Civilian Ship’s, USNS Captains Are Strict Just Like The Navy, The Civilian Ships Are Lax , Saw A lot of Drug and Alcohol Use on Board, So It Would Not Surprise Me That A Rape Would Occur.
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