The 27-year-old man was held when the ship, named as MSC Fantasia, docked in the island capital Palma from Naples in Italy on Friday morning.
The Kenyan man has since been released on bail following a court appearanceA British holidaymaker has been raped onboard a cruise ship while at sea, with police in Majorca arresting a Kenyan entertainer who was working on the vessel.
The man has since been released on bail following a court appearance. It was not immediately clear if he is allowed to leave Majorca or has had to surrender his passport. The spokesman said: 'A Kenyan national was arrested and handed over to the courts for further questioning yesterday. I am not in a position to say any more at this stage.'The British woman is said to have left the ship so she could get examined in a hospital.
It is due to return to Naples on Wednesday after leaving Genoa today. Earlier stops have included Barcelona and Marseille. 'The safety of our passengers is our number one priority. We have an uncompromising code of conduct and do not tolerate any behaviour that puts our passengers at risk.This comes after a court in the Spanish city of Valencia in April 2019 released an 18-year-old Italian suspected of raping a British teenager, 17, on a Panamanian-flagged cruise liner called the MSC Divina after it left port in the Majorcan city of Palma.
Regional Spanish newspaper Levante EMV reported at the time the British teenager, who was travelling with her parents, told police her sex attacker forced her into his cabin before raping her.
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