A Georgia man is accused of sexually assaulting his fiancée aboard a cruise to Mexico, brutally stomping her as she tried to get away, then throwing her down a flight of stairs while horrified passengers looked on, according to an FBI probable cause affidavit reviewed by The Independent.
Following an argument severe enough that officials on the Carnival Paradise were forced to put the couple in separate rooms, the pair’s “drinking privileges” were taken away for the rest of the cruise, states the affidavit, which was filed July 30 in Tampa federal court alongside a criminal complaint charging Noah Alexander Cox, 28, with assault by striking, beating, or wounding committed within the special maritime and territorial jurisdiction of the United States.
