Ex-captain pleads guilty to raping US Merchant Marine Academy cadet on cargo ship
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Source: AP News
Published: 2026-07-16 06:39 UTC+10:00
Section: General
Factuality Score: 100
Opinion Category: Neutral
Topics: Politics, Crime & Justice, Law & Courts, Sexual Violence, Crime & Justice
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Former cargo ship captain John Merrone is wheeled out of federal court in the Brooklyn borough of New York by his lawyer, Bruce Barket, Wednesday, July 15, 2026, after pleading guilty to charges he drugged and sexually assaulted a U.S. Merchant Marine Academy cadet in 2019 while she was working on the vessel.
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