Bartender aboard Margaritaville cruise ship pleads guilty to sexually assaulting passenger

WEST PALM BEACH — Hours after casting off from the Port of Palm Beach on a Jimmy Buffett-themed cruise, a passenger woke to find a member of the crew standing over her and her cabinmate's naked bodies.

Prosecutors say Hoobesh Kumar Dookhy, a bartender in his early 20s who served the women alcohol that night, had held on to the room key they used to pay for the drinks and went into their room after both fell asleep.

One woman, identified in court records only as HB, said Dookhy was sexually assaulting her when she woke up. Her cabinmate provided photos and a video she took of the assault to cruise ship security, who later found the women's room key in the pocket of Dookhy's work vest.