Royal Caribbean Cruise
Drunk Passenger Died Like ‘George Floyd’
… Household Lawyer Claims
Printed December 10, 2025 1:00 AM PST
TMZ.com
The Royal Caribbean Cruise passenger whose household not too long ago filed a wrongful demise lawsuit was served a staggering quantity of booze earlier than he was asphyxiated by safety guards … identical to George Floyd, the household’s lawyer tells TMZ.
Keep in mind, we broke the story … Michael Virgil’s household filed a lawsuit Monday towards the cruise line following his demise final December after consuming a ton of alcoholic drinks.
Lawyer Kevin Haynes now tells TMZ … Virgil was allegedly served a mix of beer and arduous alcohol — consuming as many as 33 drinks over seven hours earlier than he stumbled away fully wasted to search for his household of their cabin. Despite the fact that Virgil had an infinite drink bundle, Haynes nonetheless says there’s gotta be limits!
In response to the lawsuit, Michael’s drunken seek for his household was fruitless … which made him so agitated he ripped off his shirt and broke down doorways.
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Haynes tells us … safety guards had been summoned and put their full physique weight on Virgil, “asphyxiating” him for roughly 3 minutes. That, coupled with all of the booze in his system together with sedatives, brought about Virgil’s demise, in line with Haynes and the L.A. County Medical Examiner’s report. Haynes underscored that Virgil’s demise “had echoes of George Floyd.”
The swimsuit goes on to say Virgil fell sufferer to “the extreme power and deadly actions taken by crew members,” who “administered an injection of a sedative remedy, Haloperidol, and used a number of cans of pepper spray.”
What’s extra, Haynes says Royal Caribbean refused to show over surveillance video to see who served Virgil all of the alcohol.
The FBI launched an investigation, Haynes says, however the present standing of the probe is unclear. We have reached out to Royal Caribbean and the FBI for remark … up to now, no phrase again.
