Norwegian Cruise passengers demand compensation after Brit Kay Longstaff’s sea plunge ruined their holiday as it’s claimed she cost company £470k by ‘jumping off ship’
Kay, 46, from Cheltenham, was miraculously found floating at sea 10 hours after she 'jumped from the boat' as it travelled from Dubrovnik to Venice
A BRIT woman who "jumped into the sea" off the back of a cruise ship has been labelled a "stupid woman" by the mum of the company boss.
The 83-year-old mum of Andy Stuart also claimed the delays caused by air hostess Kay Longstaff had cost the Norwegian Cruise Line £470,000.
"This stupid woman. I spoke to Andrew at lunchtime. What he said was ‘this is fake news’. He said that she couldn’t have fallen.
When The Sun spoke to him yesterday, he said: "My son rang me last night and said 'it’s on the news' and that was it.
"I’m rather pleased I hadn’t heard she’d fallen into the sea. What I had heard though, was that she’d fallen in and been rescued."
Kay, who works for private jet operator NetJets, has looked after footballer Bastian Schweinsteiger, F1 heiress Tamara Ecclestone and other celebs as part of her work duties.
A friend also revealed she "loves to socialise and would never miss the opportunity for a night out or a drink".
She was reported to have lost her mum to cancer when she was a teenager, and the friend said this led to bouts of depression.
An Italian source yesterday told The Sun: "Officers spoke with the woman's partner on the ship when it arrived in Venice.
"We have seen the footage and we are happy there was no foul play involved. The partner was released and no one has been placed under official investigation.
"The footage has been viewed and you can clearly see she was there on her own when she fell. She was not pushed. The theory we are working on is that she most likely jumped.
"A file is being prepared for the local prosecutor who will decide what to do but at the moment it looks like an individual lone action.
"The boyfriend said they had been drinking and they had quarrelled. He went back to his cabin and left her.
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