Royal Caribbean Cruise
Drunk passenger died as ‘George Floyd’
…Household attorneys argue
Revealed December 10, 2025 1:00am PST
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The Royal Caribbean Cruise passenger whose household lately filed a wrongful demise lawsuit was served a staggering quantity of booze earlier than being asphyxiated by guards … similar to George Floyd, the household’s lawyer tells TMZ.
Keep in mind, we broke the story… Michael Virgil’s household filed a lawsuit in opposition to the cruise line on Monday following his demise final December after consuming a ton of alcoholic drinks.
Now, lawyer Kevin Haynes tells TMZ … Virgil was reportedly served a mix of beer and powerful alcohol — consuming a whopping 33 drinks in seven hours earlier than staggering off, utterly exhausted, to seek out his household of their cabin. Though Virgil had a vast drinks bundle, Haynes nonetheless says there must be limits!
In accordance with the lawsuit, Michael’s drunken seek for his household was fruitless… leaving him so irritated that he took off his shirt and broke down doorways.
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Haynes tells us that guards had been referred to as in and put their full physique weight on Virgil, “suffocating” him for about three minutes. That, mixed with all of the booze in his system and sedatives, brought on Virgil’s demise, in line with Haynes and the LA County Medical Examiner’s report. Haynes underscored that Virgil’s demise had “echoes of George Floyd.”
The lawsuit goes on to say that Virgil was the sufferer of “the extreme power and deadly actions of crew members,” who “administered an injection of a sedative drug, Haloperidol, and used a number of cans of pepper spray.”
Moreover, Haynes says Royal Caribbean refused to show over the surveillance video to see who served Virgil all of the alcohol.
The FBI has launched an investigation, Haynes mentioned, however the present standing of the investigation is unclear. We have reached out to Royal Caribbean and the FBI for remark…up to now no response.
