Hundreds of passengers on a Royal Caribbean cruise ship may have been filmed using hidden cameras installed in the bathrooms of a former employee who is currently serving a 30-year federal prison sentence on child pornography charges, according to victims' lawyers. It is said that there is.
Former flight attendant Irvin Joseph Mirasol has pleaded guilty to producing child sexual abuse material by filming various stages of undressing a 2-year-old girl on board the Symphony of the Seas. He was sentenced to 30 years in prison in August, the Justice Department announced. officials said.
Mirasol, a Filipino national, was detained at sea on February 25 after a girl discovered a camera hidden under a sink on a Royal Caribbean cruise that departed from Florida. He was arrested several days later when the boat returned to port.
Investigators seized his electronic devices and discovered a large amount of secretly filmed videos of his children showering and changing their clothes, officials said.
Investigators said the convicted creepy man also admitted to hiding under the bed in the cabin to spy on and record children coming out of the shower.
More than a dozen Mirasol victims and their families are currently suing Royal Caribbean Group, claiming the cruise line did not do enough to protect them and weed out predators during the hiring process. I am doing it. Florida's Seven News reported.
“I was in shock. I mean, I just couldn't believe it,” one plaintiff, whose daughter was just 2 years old when she went on the cruise, told the magazine. “We trusted our privacy and safety to the cruise line, and I was shocked to hear that our privacy was completely thrown out the window in this situation.”
Attorney Spencer Aronfeld, who filed the lawsuit on behalf of 12 anonymous victims, said he believes there are likely hundreds of victims walking around without even knowing they were being filmed by a pervert. spoke.
“He had placed a camera under the sink in the cabin's bathroom and was recording people using the bathroom, including men, women, and children going in and out of the shower,” he told a Florida news station.
“We believe there are hundreds of other victims,” Aronfeld added.
The plaintiff, who has a 2-year-old daughter, said she wants accountability.
“We want disclosure, we want accountability, and I think compensation would be ideal,” she told 7News. “Most of the time, we want to prevent something like this from happening to anyone else's family.”
An earlier lawsuit filed by another anonymous Mirasol victim estimated that up to 960 people may have been harmed by the former employee and his hidden cameras.
The lawsuit, filed a month after the ruling, alleges Mirasol filmed adults and posted the footage online, including to anonymous plaintiffs.
“Based on information and belief, Mirasol has made available to third parties and/or the dark web, including without Plaintiff’s prior consent, images of Plaintiff undressed and engaged in private activities. “Knowledge or Consent” transmitted and/or uploaded to, without limitation, the World Wide Web, the complaint states.
Based on the number of cabins Mirasol served during his tenure, up to 960 passengers may have been filmed without their knowledge, and they remain uninformed to this day, according to the complaint. There is a possibility that there is no such thing.
According to the complaint, Royal Caribbean arrested other passengers who stayed in rooms serviced by the convicted pedophile between December 1, 2023 and February 26, 2024 on 12 different cruises. It is said that the passengers were not notified.
“Royal Caribbean failed to protect the privacy of its passengers and allowed Mirasol to victimize these passengers, leading to these allegations,” said Jason Margulies, an attorney with Ripcon, Margulies & Winkleman. “Countless pornographic images of innocent passengers will be circulating on the Internet forever.” , a PA representing the plaintiffs told Fox News in October.
Royal Caribbean did not respond to a request for comment.
