The complaint alleges that the victim was dancing barefoot on the dance floor at the ship's bar when Kenneth DeGiorgio's wife asked him to put his shoes on.

A California CEO is facing a federal assault charge after surveillance footage shows him choking a man for dancing barefoot on a Virgin Voyages cruise ship.

The incident took place on March 31 in international waters on the Resilient Lady cruise ship, according to a federal criminal complaint filed on April 1.

Authorities allege that Kenneth DeGiorgio, the CEO of First American Financial Corp., assaulted a man, identified as M.A. in the complaint, at the On The Rocks bar aboard the ship. The security supervisor reviewed video footage and “determined DeGiorgio was the male shown on the surveillance footage choking the victim,” according to the complaint.

  • tal@lemmy.todayEnglish
    461·
    11 hours ago

    While on the dance floor, the complaint says that M.A. gave DeGiorgio’s wife, Nichol DeGiorgio, the middle finger.

    The complaint alleges that the victim was dancing barefoot on the dance floor at the ship’s bar when DeGiorgio’s wife asked him to put his shoes on.

    “N. DeGiorgio told him, ‘Look we are all grown-ups here, can you put your shoes on?’ The male responded, ‘Shut up you f—ing b—h,'” the complaint alleges.

    It is noted that DeGiorgio’s wife took responsibility for the incident and told FBI agents and task force officers that she “should not have told the unknown male to put his shoes on” and that “the unknown male never touched her.”

    Security footage showed DeGiorgio standing up and walking across the dance floor to the victim, grabbing him and holding him by the neck, according to the complaint.

    M.A. told authorities that during the assault, DeGiorgio stated, “I am going to f—ing kill you.” The victim also said that DeGiorgio “used a lot of force” and it felt like his “throat was going to be ripped out,” according to the document.

    https://www.cruisecritic.com/cruise/virgin/resilient-lady/activities

    Resilient Lady is an adults-only ship, meaning no one under 18 is allowed on any sailings (this applies fleetwide). In other words, it’s not family-friendly in the traditional sense. Nearly every guest onboard expressed how happy they were to experience the ship kid free.

    It may be all adults, but of the people involved, it sounds like they have worse conflict-resolution skills than the typical child.

  • SloppyPuppy@lemmy.world
    610·
    8 hours ago

    So its not because of him being barefoot but because he called his wife a fucking bitch. Not that its ok. But context matters.

    Edit: in general please dont call women bitches, thats derogatory and misogynistic.

    • hedgehogging_the_bed@lemmy.world
      13·
      2 hours ago

      She was literally bitching about the man not wearing shoes. That’s how you would get called that. If her husband was unhappy he had only to talk to his wife about her behavior.

    • SassyRamen@lemmy.world
      7·
      2 hours ago

      Is karen better? She was being a bitch, not calling her out on it is derogatory and misogynistic. No one needs a white knight.

      • SloppyPuppy@lemmy.world
        24·
        2 hours ago

        Hey can you not dance barefoot thats fucking childish?

        “Sorry maam but no” “Are you owning this dance floor?” “No, its none of your business” “” and turn away.

        Either of those or alike are better than fuck off bitch.

    • Rusty Shackleford@programming.devEnglish
      54·
      1 hour ago

      thats derogatory

      Despite whether it was called for or not, being derogatory is the point.

      and misogynistic.

      No, it’s not.

      For example, my mother is a gambling-addicted, mean-spirited, unapologetic, narcissistic bitch. My brother, my cousins, and I have receipts to prove it.

      For what she put my family and I through, I will call her a bitch to her face at every opportunity, until her death. To denigrate her. Because she deserves it.

      She is the equivalent of the definition of a bitch, a female dog. In fact, she’s worse because female dogs, in my experience, have been orders of magnitude more loyal, agreeable, and loving.

      Do I hate all women? Does equating a woman to a female dog reveal an irrational contempt of every woman?

      Absolutely not, and my wife, niece, cousins, and female friends would all agree. People who make claims like yours attempt to infantilize and absolve women of ridicule or accountability in some weird effort to appear to want to “protect” them, ironically, are being sexist towards women!

      Women are just people; some are wonderful and some are awful, and some are stupid bitches, from the goddess Laxmi right down to my abusive bitch of a mother; let’s not forget one of the worst bitches of all time, “The Bitch of Buchenwald”.

      Your banal and platitudinous political correctness on the internet will never change that.

      • GeeDubHayduke@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
        2·
        1 hour ago

        Your banal and platitudinous political correctness on the internet will never change that.

        I love this sentiment. Wish i saw it more.

  • Optional@lemmy.world
    629·
    17 hours ago

    Okay but if you tell someone’s person to “shut up you fucking bitch” and you get your shit handed to you, maybe you should learn a fucking lesson.

    • comador @lemmy.worldEnglish
      301·
      18 hours ago

      Because many wealthy individuals, including this one, think they are above the law and can do whatever they want. So mentioning them being a CEO adds to the stereotype.

      • ctrl_alt_esc@lemmy.ml
        412·
        17 hours ago

        To me it seems more like it’s there because it’s supposed to be surprising. As if you’d expect such behaviour from others, but not from a CEO. Which is complete bullshit.