Cruise Ship Hairstylist Charged with Allegedly Molesting Passengers During Fake Massages
The complaint says he used salon appointments to access victims and moved them to a room beside the salon before the alleged assaults.
- On Monday, federal officials charged 26-year-old Pranit Narayan Pawar, a hairstylist on the Brilliant Lady, with two counts of abusive sexual contact after he allegedly molested cruise ship passengers.
- Virgin Voyages employee Pawar reportedly offered unauthorized massages to female guests who booked hair appointments during a June Alaska sailing, moving them to a private barber shop to commit the assaults.
- Investigators wrote that Pawar admitted to FBI Special Agents he provided massages to four to five women, stating he "feels guilty for his mistakes" after allegedly touching victims without permission.
- Appearing in court in Tacoma on Monday, Pawar faces up to two years in prison for each count of abusive sexual contact, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office.
- The FBI urges anyone with information or who may have been a victim to contact authorities at 1-800-225-5324, as the Brilliant Lady continues its inaugural Alaska season under Virgin Voyages.
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Creepy cruise ship hairstylist accused of serial groping female passengers in ‘massage’ scheme
Pranit Pawar — a 26-year-old Indian citizen working aboard the Virgin Voyages ship Brilliant Lady — lured unsuspecting passengers from the main salon into a secluded, dimly lit barbershop room to carry out the assaults in a twisted scheme, according to a federal complaint released Monday.
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Cruise ship hairstylist charged with allegedly molesting passengers during fake massages
A 26-year-old citizen of India was charged Monday with two counts of abusive sexual contact while aboard a cruise ship docked in Seattle, where he allegedly gave passengers massages and sexually molested them.
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