The vessel was registered in Panama and and alleged incident took place in international waters.
A judge in Spain has freed a man accused of raping a teenage girl on a cruise ship because the vessel was in international waters at the time of the alleged attack and so he had no power to pursue the case under local law.
The MSC Divina pictured in Marseilles, southern France, on March 27, 2018. A judge has ruled he has no jurisdiction on the case of a girl who claimed she was raped on board the vessel. BERTRAND LANGLOIS/AFP/Getty Images) The judge would only have jurisdiction if the suspect had lived in Spain and he said it was up to British, Italian and Panamanian authorities to look into the allegation, local media reported.
A spokesman for MSC Cruises said, according to The Telegraph: “As there is an ongoing investigation, we are unable to provide any additional comment on this matter.
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