Overview
- The accused, Gursel Sahibas, 65, was arrested by Great Abaco Police after a 29-year-old Florida woman reported a September assault on the island.
- According to the police report, the woman said she repeatedly told him to stop as he allegedly groped her while they were in the ocean.
- The woman returned to Florida and filed her complaint about one week later, which Bahamian authorities referred to the local police jurisdiction.
- Following his court appearance, Sahibas was charged with rape and indecent assault and permitted to return to the UK on the condition he appear for the January hearing.
- Disney terminated Sahibas as director of Castaway Cay, and the case has prompted heightened scrutiny of guest safety at the private island.