US EditionMom of 5-Year-Old Girl Who Fell Overboard on Disney Dream Won’t Face Criminal Charge
The Broward County State Attorney's Office found the mother's actions negligent but not criminal after the girl fell 50 feet and was rescued without injury.
- On June 29 at around 11:30 a.m., a 5-year-old girl fell about 49 feet from Deck 4 of the Disney Dream while sailing between the Bahamas and Port Everglades.
- Placing her daughter on the railing to take photos, the girl's mother mistakenly believed the ship's porthole was closed and initially did not think the girl had fallen from Deck 4.
- Crew triggered the man-overboard alarm and recovered both the father and daughter within 20 minutes, then transferred them to the ship's medical center where the girl was treated and released while the father was hospitalized.
- Prosecutors declined to file charges after reviewing the incident, saying conduct fell short of criminal culpable negligence; Assistant State Attorney Melissa Kelly called it `arguably negligent and irresponsible` but not criminal.
- Rumors that the father lifted the girl proved false, and authorities said security footage corroborated the parents' accounts; the mother called for help once she realized her daughter was in the water.
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Mom not charged after kid falls overboard Disney cruise
A mom won't face neglect charges after her 5-year-old daughter fell overboard the Disney Dream on June 29 from an open "porthole" on Deck 4, authorities said. The girl had hypothermia, but no injuries and the father, who jumped overboard to save his daughter, had two spinal fractures, a memo from Broward Assistant State Attorney said.
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Chicago TribuneMom of 5-year-old girl who fell overboard on Disney Dream won’t face criminal charge
ORLANDO, Fla. — The mother of a 5-year-old girl who fell off of the Disney Dream cruise ship in June will not face a criminal charge, the Broward State Attorney’s Office decided. Read more...
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