A Bahamas getaway turned into a horrifying ordeal for two mothers from Kentucky. Amber Shearer and Dongayla Dobson, lifelong friends, claim to have been drugged and sexually assaulted by members of the Freeport resort staff while visiting Grand Bahama Island during a Carnival cruise, per Fox News.
The women reported how they innocently sipped cocktails from a resort on the island and ventured out to collect seashells for their children on the beach.
“After the first drink, we had to get out of the office because we noticed it was just hitting so hard. I felt so out of it,”
Dobson told
“Good Morning America.”
Then they lost consciousness.
During their appearance on
“Good Morning America,”
the two women said that it was at that moment when individuals from the staff at the Freeport resort sexually assaulted them.
“I vaguely remember glimpses of his face,”
Dobson said.
“I don’t remember everything. I remember enough that he was a staff worker, he had a goatee, and he was a local.”
The toxicology reports revealed a combination of drugs in their systems. On February 4th, the Royal Bahama Police Force announced the arrest of two men, aged 54 and 40, in connection with the reported sexual assault. The names of the individuals were not disclosed. Upon their return to the United States, the women discovered that the Department of State had issued a level two travel advisory for the Bahamas due to the high crime rate.
“We didn’t know there was a travel advisory until four hours after we were raped,”
the women told local news outlet LEX 18.
“We want justice for what happened to us. We want to raise awareness for others,”
Shearer said.
“Be safe. Two is not a group. Do not buy any drinks that come unless they come in a sealed container, in a bottle.”
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