A passenger’s death after he was allegedly served at least 33 drinks and later restrained on his family cruise has been ‘ruled a homicide’, according to a lawsuit.
Michael Virgil, 35, died aboard the Royal Caribbean’s Navigator of the Seas that sailed from Los Angeles to Mexico On December 13, 2024.
His fiancée, Connie Aguilar, and their seven-year-old autistic son were also aboard the ship.
A lawsuit filed by Michael’s family alleges he was given drinks at a bar on the cruise last December before he went on a drunken rampage that was caught on camera.
Christopher McHale, a fellow cruise passenger who filmed the erratic behaviour, told Fox 11 News that just an hour after departing from a port, Michael got off the elevator on the wrong floor.
The footage showed Michael in the hallway y

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