CEO allegedly choked fellow cruise ship passenger over dance floor dispute: FBI

A California CEO is facing national charges aft surveillance footage shows him choking a chap cruise rider pursuing a verbal spat, according to the FBI. 

Mortgage lending institution First American Financial CEO Kenneth DeGiorgio, 53, allegedly attacked a antheral portion vacationing connected the Resilient Lady of Virgin Voyages portion the vessel was traveling successful planetary waters disconnected Martinique connected Monday. 

First American Financial and Virgin Voyages did not instantly respond to Fox News Digital’s petition for comment. 

Federal prosecutors allege that DeGiorgio choked a man, identified by the initials M.A., successful the ship’s cocktail lounge, portion saying, "I’ll f---ing termination you," according to tribunal documents obtained by Fox News Digital. 

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Resilient Lady, a 110,000 GT cruise vessel operated by Virgin Voyages, sails the Tagus River towards Lisbon cruise terminal connected Aug. 17, 2024, successful Lisbon, Portugal.   (Horacio Villalobos-Corbis/Corbis via Getty Images)

The battle allegedly occurred aft DeGiorgio’s wife, Nichol, asked M.A. to halt dancing barefoot, telling him, "Look, we are each grown-ups here, tin you enactment your shoes on?" 

M.A. reportedly replied, saying, "Shut up, you f---ing b----."        

Surveillance footage shows DeGiorgio crossing the creation level and grabbing the man, holding him by the cervix portion dragging him to the floor, according to the complaint. 

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Ship authorities contacted the FBI upon arriving successful San Juan, Puerto Rico, and DeGiorgio was ordered to beryllium confined to his stateroom by the ship’s captain. (iStock)

Ship authorities contacted the FBI upon arriving successful San Juan, Puerto Rico, and DeGiorgio was ordered to beryllium confined to his stateroom by the ship’s captain. In an interrogation with instrumentality enforcement, Nichol DeGiorgio said that M.A. "never touched her," and took work for the incident, claiming she should not person asked the antheral to enactment his shoes on. 

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DeGiorgio is charged with battle wrong maritime and territorial jurisdiction of the United States. 

DeGiorgio was charged aft the alleged spat connected the Resilient Lady. (Virgin Voyages)

The U.S. Department of Justice did not instantly respond to Fox News Digital’s petition for comment. 

In a connection to the New York Post, DeGiorgio's ineligible squad said the CEO had "responded to the actions of an idiosyncratic who harassed his wife, making her consciousness threatened and intimidated," adding, "although charged with a elemental misdemeanor, Mr. DeGiorgio looks guardant to being absolved of immoderate wrongdoing."