Grandpa from Cruise ship tragedy charged

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Apparently the mother is a prosecutor. I didn't know that.

So it would appear that she's trying to force the cruise line to settle to prevent negative press, etc... I bet the Puerto Rican authorities wouldn't be prosecuting Grandpa Slippy Fingers if the family wasn't suing. This has long legs IMO. A negligent cruise line could impact tourism and the PR economy; which has really been slow to recover.

The whole thing stinks. Poor Chloe.

She wants the cruise line to admit fault and settle because if the cruise line admits fault that helps Grandpa's claim of innocence.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Even if he’s done nothing illegal (not sure), the lawyer is so much to blame here.

Meant to say so much of the post-death antics are the fault of the lawyer egging on the family with bad advice and feeding them stupid things to say to the media. He’s looking for his own fame.

No, the family is to blame. In the very first articles on the day that it happened, the family was interviewed before they had the lawyer. They already said that they were thinking of suing the cruise line. So instead of being sick with grief, they started from the position that they were going to cash in on the negligence and get the cruise line. They probably thought they struck it rich and would get enough that they wouldn't have to work anymore. The horrible litigious "pay me for my stupidity because you didn't warn me not to be a moron" mentality is epidemic in our society. It's sad that they were able to think of this when they should have been sick with grief. The lawyer is not preying on them. They wanted this and then found an ambulance chaser to do it for them. He's only doing what they wanted.

And this is why I think the family or at least the grandfather should be found negligent. Frankly, I think the parents were also negligent leaving the baby with grandpa.

That’s the second my sympathy for that family vanished.

[Anonymous]

Not sure if this is related, but RC announced today that it’s pulling out of PR in 2020. While it’s likely related to privatization of the port and increased costs along with instability, I wonder if RC was annoyed that PR dragged their feet when it came to pressing charges against Grandpa.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Even if he’s done nothing illegal (not sure), the lawyer is so much to blame here.

Meant to say so much of the post-death antics are the fault of the lawyer egging on the family with bad advice and feeding them stupid things to say to the media. He’s looking for his own fame.

The parents have been on talk shows blaming the cruise line. They haven't even looked at the video. How do they know what happened if they won't even watch the video?

I just feel like they have been doing everything they can to try to sway public sympathy over to their side in order to pressure the cruise line to settle.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Apparently the mother is a prosecutor. I didn't know that.

So it would appear that she's trying to force the cruise line to settle to prevent negative press, etc... I bet the Puerto Rican authorities wouldn't be prosecuting Grandpa Slippy Fingers if the family wasn't suing. This has long legs IMO. A negligent cruise line could impact tourism and the PR economy; which has really been slow to recover.

The whole thing stinks. Poor Chloe.

She wants the cruise line to admit fault and settle because if the cruise line admits fault that helps Grandpa's claim of innocence.

The family has stated they are suing long before Grandpa was charged. Their suit has nothing to do with helping his criminal charges.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Apparently the mother is a prosecutor. I didn't know that.

So it would appear that she's trying to force the cruise line to settle to prevent negative press, etc... I bet the Puerto Rican authorities wouldn't be prosecuting Grandpa Slippy Fingers if the family wasn't suing. This has long legs IMO. A negligent cruise line could impact tourism and the PR economy; which has really been slow to recover.

The whole thing stinks. Poor Chloe.

She wants the cruise line to admit fault and settle because if the cruise line admits fault that helps Grandpa's claim of innocence.

The family has stated they are suing long before Grandpa was charged. Their suit has nothing to do with helping his criminal charges.

She's a prosecutor, he's a cop. They probably knew that Grandpa was going to be charged. They also probably wanted to get money from the cruise line.

[Anonymous]

I would be livid if my dad pulled a stunt like this with any of his grandkids. How is the family so staunchly defending grandpa?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I would be livid if my dad pulled a stunt like this with any of his grandkids. How is the family so staunchly defending grandpa?

It’s a calculated tactic. The less grandpa is at fault, the more the cruise line is at fault.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Even if he’s done nothing illegal (not sure), the lawyer is so much to blame here.

Meant to say so much of the post-death antics are the fault of the lawyer egging on the family with bad advice and feeding them stupid things to say to the media. He’s looking for his own fame.

The parents have been on talk shows blaming the cruise line. They haven't even looked at the video. How do they know what happened if they won't even watch the video?

I just feel like they have been doing everything they can to try to sway public sympathy over to their side in order to pressure the cruise line to settle.

I recently read an article that was posted on FB. After reading the comments, I was reminded how dumb the general population is

[Anonymous]

At first I thought the family was motivated by grief. If the cruise ship was negligent, it wasn't grandpa's fault. Now, I'm not so sure. Even in interviews, the grandpa sets it up to fake sympathy and blame the cruise ship. The lawyers standpoint is the cruise line ignored safety regulations and in interviews, grandpa cries and says things like "if there was just a sign I never would have done it". It's all very calculated and makes me suspect the family's motivation is money, not grief

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:At first I thought the family was motivated by grief. If the cruise ship was negligent, it wasn't grandpa's fault. Now, I'm not so sure. Even in interviews, the grandpa sets it up to fake sympathy and blame the cruise ship. The lawyers standpoint is the cruise line ignored safety regulations and in interviews, grandpa cries and says things like "if there was just a sign I never would have done it". It's all very calculated and makes me suspect the family's motivation is money, not grief

It all gives me a horrible feeling in the pit of my stomach. I don't understand their thought processes. Something seems off to me.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Apparently the mother is a prosecutor. I didn't know that.

So it would appear that she's trying to force the cruise line to settle to prevent negative press, etc... I bet the Puerto Rican authorities wouldn't be prosecuting Grandpa Slippy Fingers if the family wasn't suing. This has long legs IMO. A negligent cruise line could impact tourism and the PR economy; which has really been slow to recover.

The whole thing stinks. Poor Chloe.

She wants the cruise line to admit fault and settle because if the cruise line admits fault that helps Grandpa's claim of innocence.

The family has stated they are suing long before Grandpa was charged. Their suit has nothing to do with helping his criminal charges.

She's a prosecutor, he's a cop. They probably knew that Grandpa was going to be charged. They also probably wanted to get money from the cruise line.

This is all that it is.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:At first I thought the family was motivated by grief. If the cruise ship was negligent, it wasn't grandpa's fault. Now, I'm not so sure. Even in interviews, the grandpa sets it up to fake sympathy and blame the cruise ship. The lawyers standpoint is the cruise line ignored safety regulations and in interviews, grandpa cries and says things like "if there was just a sign I never would have done it". It's all very calculated and makes me suspect the family's motivation is money, not grief

Has he said what those regulations are? I’ve heard him say this a few times but then I haven’t seen any examples.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Apparently the mother is a prosecutor. I didn't know that.

So it would appear that she's trying to force the cruise line to settle to prevent negative press, etc... I bet the Puerto Rican authorities wouldn't be prosecuting Grandpa Slippy Fingers if the family wasn't suing. This has long legs IMO. A negligent cruise line could impact tourism and the PR economy; which has really been slow to recover.

The whole thing stinks. Poor Chloe.

She wants the cruise line to admit fault and settle because if the cruise line admits fault that helps Grandpa's claim of innocence.

The family has stated they are suing long before Grandpa was charged. Their suit has nothing to do with helping his criminal charges.

She's a prosecutor, he's a cop. They probably knew that Grandpa was going to be charged. They also probably wanted to get money from the cruise line.

This is all that it is.

If this had happened to one of my kids I would be hospitalized under sedation if it didn't kill me outright. I don't understand how they so quickly thought "lawsuit".

Initially, I assumed the lawyer approached them when they were vulnerable and grief stricken and they were in such shock that they went along with whatever they said. But it sounds like the family may have mentioned suing the cruise line first and may have even contacted this lawyer??

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Apparently the mother is a prosecutor. I didn't know that.

So it would appear that she's trying to force the cruise line to settle to prevent negative press, etc... I bet the Puerto Rican authorities wouldn't be prosecuting Grandpa Slippy Fingers if the family wasn't suing. This has long legs IMO. A negligent cruise line could impact tourism and the PR economy; which has really been slow to recover.

The whole thing stinks. Poor Chloe.

She wants the cruise line to admit fault and settle because if the cruise line admits fault that helps Grandpa's claim of innocence.

The family has stated they are suing long before Grandpa was charged. Their suit has nothing to do with helping his criminal charges.

She's a prosecutor, he's a cop. They probably knew that Grandpa was going to be charged. They also probably wanted to get money from the cruise line.

This is all that it is.

If this had happened to one of my kids I would be hospitalized under sedation if it didn't kill me outright. I don't understand how they so quickly thought "lawsuit".

Initially, I assumed the lawyer approached them when they were vulnerable and grief stricken and they were in such shock that they went along with whatever they said. But it sounds like the family may have mentioned suing the cruise line first and may have even contacted this lawyer??

The death happened on Sunday morning July 7. The reports on Monday, July 8 gave no details other than that the PR police were still interviewing the family, plus some comments when the father and grandfather's employers back in Indiana were interviewed. The news reports on Tuesday, July 9 were all given by the lawyer. That means that on Monday, they were already lawyering up. And the lawyer was already talking about suing the cruise line and how unsafe it was and describing the "dining room" as a children's play area. All very calculated. In addition, the grandpa's story from the first day to a few weeks later had drastically changed. They started plotting this within 24 hours of their daughter's death. Really? Cold blooded people who cared more for a money grab at a corporation than for mourning for their lost child. Sick.