Cleve Ellis
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Jane Doe, 16 , from Oregon was on a cruise with her family when she was sexually assaulted by Cleve Ellis, a bartender aboard Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines' Monarch Of The Seas on her 16th birthday.
The girl's parents said she was raped and sued the cruise line.
Royal Caribbean contended that the sex was consensual. Though by U.S. law children under 18 are not legally able to consent to sexual relations.
Because of the girl's age, the incident would have been a felony had it occurred in Florida. But state law was not applicable.
The cruise line also accused the girl's parents of failing to exercise reasonable care in protecting their daughter and subpoenaed the girl's school records in an attempt to discover previous problems.
In a deposition, the bartender, Cleve Ellis, testified that crew members make a sport of having sex with passengers.
The cruise line settled with the family in the summer of 1998. When the case was settled, the company insisted on a confidentiality agreement that prohibited the family or their lawyer from discussing the case.
