Brilliance on "A Current Affair" again now!

[Fury1995]

It's on again............

[Fury1995]

A crew person who worked in the bar was interviewed. He had seen George several times that night and overheard conversations regarding Georges winnings in the casino that evening (14K allegedly). The other men with him had also heard this.??????

[jaxon41]

Scarborough on it again, tonight. He had the attorney for the young man (not a teen as previously told) from California, on. Boy, there are getting to be so many different stories. Even on Scarborough, who I generally don't watch, except for this, there has been a variety.

 

This attorney has now implicated the ship's crew in that he said that his client claimed the casino crew member (casino manager????) had helped the bride to the disco and then left with her. His client claimed the crew member was behaving in a way with the bride which made the client uncomfortable. Supposedly, the California young man helped the groom back to the cabin, along with the Russians, and when they found the bride was not there, all went looking for her, to no avail, and then went back to the groom's room, where they parted company. The attorney thought the groom's death was suicide or an accident. The policeman next door had heard loud noises, like furniture rearranging, and now they are saying the cabin door was replaced, having been, evidently, punched/dented. The idea is raised that maybe the groom, unable to find his bride (off with the casino guy???) went on a rampage, and then offed himself, or accidentally fell overboard. There was mention of a bloody towel in the room, with which one might rap a bloody fist.

 

Of course, the man from California would have a reason to have his attorney raise such prospects, since he is a person of interest, so who knows what really happened?

 

Unless the groom hit his head or something while falling, there is too much blood for just bloody knuckles from punching a door, imo. I think it is hard for most people to believe that a bride takes off with another man on her honeymoon, too. But then, we probably think that honeymooners wouldn't be out all night getting drunked up, either -- obviously, I've dated myself with romantic ideas of intimate solitude which seem lost on the younger, partying set.

[RDeagazio]

It's been stated on more than one news report that the bride and groom were bragging about their $14,000.00 casino winnings and had even told many the money was in their cabin safe. I think a lot of people assume that everyone on a ship is one big happy family-- you certainly wouldn't walk down the streets of most big cities carrying a sign that announces you have $14K on you, so why whould you do it on a ship full of 2600 strangers??

 

It also seems that the bride was acting inappropriately with other men onboard-- again not my idea of a perfect honeymoon. I also find it strange that she high tailed it back home-- had this happened to me you can rest assured I would remain behind demanding answers like Natalie Holloway's Mom in Aruba.

 

Unfortunately, I doubt the truth will ever come out-- it's a shame that this had to happen to such a young man with what seemed to be a very promising future. My opinion is there was defininately fowl play and I'm sure it was centered around the money.

[jaxon41]

Scarborough is on this story every night, it seems. He claims his show is going to solve the mystery. Last night, he had the passengers from the other side of the Smith's cabin, on, not the policeman. I think it is disturbing that all are saying the FBI is doing a lousy job of investigating this matter -- the FBI did not contact the passengers on either side of the cabin for their report of the events that night, until they were being interviewed by the media, evidently. Even then, the FBI told these folks that they had their deposition from the ship's attorney, and didn't need to talk to them. The female of the couple rightly remarked, "How do I know what the ship's attorney handed over to the FBI? Was it REALLY my complete statement, and why doesn't anyone NOT connected with the ship in an investigative/police capacity want to talk to us."

 

Other interesting things last night, was how well the policeman and this neighbor's stories coincide. Loud voices, followed by a period of silence, followed by no voices and sound of the room being trashed, then a big thud. Scarborough had a maritime attorney on who said -- we have been trying for some time to get a federal marshall on these ships so that crime scenes can be secured. HUH???? I guess from the beginning, the ship was naysaying any crime -- just a man overboard.

 

I took a phone call mid program, so missed some of it.