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Amanda Gerut

CEO accused of choking a fellow cruise passenger after the man allegedly danced barefoot at a bar aboard the ship

View of the Virgin Voyages cruise ship Valiant Lady calling at the port of Marseille. (Credit: Marina113 via Getty Images)
  • The CEO of California-based title insurance and settlement business First American Financial is facing a criminal charge after he allegedly assaulted another passenger on a Virgin Voyages cruise he was taking with his wife. Kenneth D. DeGiorgio’s lawyers told news outlets he was defending his wife.

The 53-year-old CEO of First American Financial, Kenneth D. DeGiorgio, is facing a criminal charge for allegedly assaulting a passenger aboard a Virgin Voyages cruise he was on with his wife, after the man allegedly took his shoes off to dance. According to reports, DeGiorgio’s wife, Nichol DeGiorgio, had asked the man to put his shoes back on while on the dance floor at a bar on the ship called On The Rocks. 

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