A female guest who was raped, brutally beaten and strangled unconscious on a Holland America ship by a crew member is suing the cruise company.
A civil lawsuit was filed on Friday in a Seattle district court on behalf of Jane Doe who was almost thrown overboard by her rapist during the fight for her life on Valentine's Day last year on MS Nieuw Amsterdam.
Room service attendant Ketut Pujayasa used his company-issued, master key to enter the cabin of Jane Doe, then 31, where he was able to lurk on her balcony for several hours until she returned.
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According to source, On February 14, 2014, the married woman, who was on the cruise with a group of friends but had a room to herself, returned around midnight and got ready for bed.
As she climbed into the bed and turned off the lights, in the shadows, she became aware of a figure lurking on the stateroom balcony.
Pujayasa, a 29-year-old employee originally from Indonesia, pounced on the woman.
During the sustained attack, which lasted close to an hour, Pujayasa punched her, smashed heavy blunt objects into her head including a laptop, and threw her across the room.
The rapist attempted to strangle his victim with his hands and then used a telephone cord and a curling iron cord.
The victim lost consciousness during the attack where she was raped and sexually assaulted.
Pujayasa pulled the woman to her room's balcony and tried to throw her overboard into the dark waters.
She screamed repeatedly but no one responded.
The victim was able to hold on to the door handle to prevent being dragged on to the balcony.
Mr Hickey said it was only by having a certain degree of physical strength as part of her career as an aerialist, that his client was able to hold on.
The victim eventually escaped herself. She managed to wrestle free of Pujayasa, opened the door to her cabin on her own, and ran into the hall where other passengers had congregated.
She was partially naked and was 'painted with blood', according to reports, and 'managed to escape down the hall with the cord of a curling iron that he was using to strangle her still wrapped around her neck'.
An FBI report on the attack stated: '[The woman], fearing death was imminent, asked the passenger to relay to her family how much she loved them.'
The victim suffered a deep laceration to her left cheek, skull fracture and a wound to the back of the head which required staples.
Culled - DailyMail
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