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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
World
Justin Rohrlich

Exclusive: California grandma with MS booted from cruise in Caribbean for ‘stealing’ free wine, lawsuit says

A Los Angeles grandmother suffering from multiple sclerosis was thrown off a cruise ship in the British Virgin Islands, without her essential medications, after she was accused of “stealing” a half-bottle of wine she insists was included in her vacation package, according to a multimillion-dollar federal lawsuit filed Wednesday and obtained by The Independent.

In the aftermath, Dayna Zegarelli claims security aboard the Norwegian Cruise Line’s Luna rushed her to pack her things and disembark, and that amid the chaos, she left her meds behind and had no way of refilling her prescriptions in a foreign country – something her complaint describes as “incredibly dangerous.”

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