SEATTLE, July 10 -- The U.S. Department of Justice's Federal Bureau of Investigation Seattle Field Office issued the following press release:
Tacoma - A 26-year-old citizen of India will appear in U.S. District Court in Tacoma today charged with two counts of abusive sexual contact aboard a cruise ship, announced First Assistant U.S. Attorney Charles Neil Floyd. Pranit Narayan Pawar was arrested late last week when the cruise ship Brilliant Lady docked in Seattle. Pawar was employed on the ship as a hairstylist. The complaint alleges he sexually molested multiple passengers under the guise of giving them a massage. Pawar will make his initial appearance in Tacoma at 2:00 today.
According to the criminal complaint, Pawar was hired to provi...