An Alamba mother and son are accused of slapping an older passenger onboard an MSC cruise ship before the latter was thrown off the boat in Jamaica for “excessive behavior,” according to a report.
The duo, 49-year-old Kelli Lyn Ryan and her son Dylan Ryan, were allegedly caught on surveillance video striking the victim on Oct. 6 on the MSC cruise out of Miami, Local10 reported.
Dylan was removed from the MSC Seascape cruise ship at the first port of call in Falmouth, Jamacia the next day over unspecified “excessive behavior,” according to authorities.
But his mother was allowed to continue on the week-long cruise as it made stops in the Grand Cayman Island; Cozumel, Mexico and MSC Ocean Cay — the cruise company’s private island in the Bahamas.
When the Seascape returned to Miami on Saturday, Oct. 12, Kelli was arrested soon after disembarking by Miami-Dade police, the local Florida news station reported.
She was arrested on a charge of battery on a person 65 or older.
Kelli allegedly slapped the victim in the ship’s two-deck theater following a dispute at around 9:30 p.m. on Oct. 6, according to the footage obtained by police.
Her son was also seen in the clip hitting the victim several times, the ship’s deputy chief of security told police, according to Local10.
Details about what led up to the altercation and if the victim and the Ryans knew each other before the cruise set sail were not released by police.
MSC Cruises and Miami-Dade police did not immediately respond to a Post inquiry.
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