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'Did he actually think that was gonna work?': Man jumps off cruise ship to escape $16,000 gambling debt, gets arrested anyway
A Royal Caribbean cruise passenger attempted to escape more than $16,000 in gambling debt by jumping off the ship into the waters near Puerto Rico. The desperate plan failed immediately when jet ski riders rescued him and brought him back to shore, where authorities arrested him for federal crimes. According to CBS News, Jey Gonzalez-Diaz was aboard the Rhapsody of the Seas cruise ship that departed from the Port of San Juan on August 31, 2025, …
Dramatic scenes at the end of a Caribbean cruise: A man jumps off board and has to be saved. He has thousands of dollars with him – but even more debt.
A cruise ship passenger has been charged after jumping ship in Puerto Rico last Sunday. The man, Jey Xander Omar Gonzalez-Diaz, was carrying thousands of dollars in cash and intended to smuggle it away without declaring it. He also had a massive gambling debt.
A cruise passenger in Puerto Rico is causing a spectacular incident: in order to avoid high debts, he decided to take a risky leap into the sea. Later, the authorities made a surprising discovery.
Passenger jumps from Royal Caribbean ship to avoid 16k casino debt · American Wire News
One man turned a relaxing Royal Caribbean cruise into a trip to the slammer, allegedly over a five-figure debt he racked up while visiting the boat’s casino. Jey Gonzalez-Diaz reportedly hurled himself over the railing of the Rhapsody of the Seas boat he had been on, as it disembarked at the Puerto Rican Port of San Juan. His poorly thought-out escape plan came after the cruise line said he amassed a whopping $16,710 in debt “almost exclusively”…
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