How right you are.
There are a lot of rapes and a fair number of "We don't know what happened. They must have jumped overboard" type disappearances every year.
About the worst thing that happens to an employee if they rape a 12 year old is they get fired and immediately rehired by another cruise line.
Your average cruise enjoyer has no idea that they are pretty much on their own once they set foot on the ship.
You can Read All About It here:
https://internationalcruisevictims.org/
This ties into my post and I am pretty sure the topic of this thread:
New Orleans Man Guilty of Federal Offense for Sexually Abusing Fifteen-Year-Old Female Aboard Cruise Ship
NEW ORLEANS -
KENDRICK WHITE, SR. (“
WHITE”) age 43, a resident of New Orleans, pleaded guilty on May 26, 2026, before United States District Judge Darrel James Papillion to committing sexual abuse, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 2242(3), announced U.S. Attorney David I. Courcelle.
According to court documents,
WHITE and three relatives, two of whom were minors, traveled on a commercial cruise ship that departed out of New Orleans on November 18, 2023, and returned on November 22, 2023. Minor Victim, a female born in or around January 2008 (who was fifteen years old at the time), was also a passenger on the cruise. While aboard the vessel, Minor Victim met two of
WHITE’s minor-aged relatives.
While the boat was in international waters, on or about November 22, 2023,
WHITE approached Minor Victim and told her that one of his minor-aged relatives was in his cabin and wanted to see Minor Victim.
WHITE brought Minor Victim to the cabin and then instructed his minor-aged relative and Minor Victim to engage in sexual intercourse. Both declined.
WHITE then brought Minor Victim into the hallway and offered to pay Minor Victim to take his minor-aged relative’s virginity. When Minor Victim refused,
WHITE pulled at Minor Victim’s waist band and looked down her pants. Minor Victim pushed
WHITE’s hand away, at which point
WHITE proceeded to put his hand down Minor Victim’s pants and into her underwear.
After
WHITE pulled his hand out of Minor Victim’s pants, he pushed Minor Victim into the cabin, pulled down Minor Victim’s pants, and ordered his minor-aged relative to take off his pants.
WHITE then proceeded to perform a series of sexual acts on Minor Victim and forced Minor Victim to perform various sexual acts on
WHITE and
WHITE’s minor-aged relative.
WHITE faces a maximum term of imprisonment of fifteen (15) years.
WHITE also faces a lifetime of supervised release, up to a $250,000 fine, and can be required to register as a sex offender. He also faces payment of a $100 mandatory special assessment fee per count.
This case was brought as part of Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative to combat the growing epidemic of child sexual exploitation and abuse launched in May 2006 by the Department of Justice. Led by United States Attorneys= Offices and the Criminal Division's Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section (CEOS), Project Safe Childhood marshals federal, state and local resources to better locate, apprehend and prosecute individuals who exploit children via the Internet, as well as to identify and rescue victims. For more information about Project Safe Childhood, please visit
www.projectsafechildhood.gov.
U.S. Attorney Courcelle praised the work of the Federal Bureau of Investigation in investigating this matter. Assistant United States Attorney Jordan Ginsberg, Chief of the Criminal Division, is in charge of the prosecution.
* * *
Contact
Shane M. Jones
Public Information Officer
United States Attorney’s Office, Eastern District of Louisiana
United States Department of Justice
I can not confirm the race of Mr. White but considering his first name is Kendrick, he lives an New Orleans and the details of the crime, I am thinking there's a good chance he is black.
I bet he was shocked to find out being in international waters doesn't mean you can legally rape a 15 year old.
Update: after a little digging I found a mug shot and arrest report for what I suspect is Kendrick White Jr.
It just says Kendrick White but he was arrested in Shreveport and looks too young to be Kendrick White Sr.
If this is the son of the same Kendrick White, he is in fact black.
Add a count of false advertising to both of them.
