A New Orleans resident has pleaded guilty to committing sexual abuse against a 15-year-old on a cruise ship.
According to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Louisiana, Kendrick White Sr., 43, and three of his relatives, two of whom were minors, traveled on a commercial cruise ship out of New Orleans in November 2023. A minor victim, who was 15 at the time of the cruise, was a passenger on the cruise.
Documents say White approached the minor victim and told her that one of his minor-aged relatives, whom she had met earlier on the boat, was in his cabin and wanted to see the minor victim.
White then brought the girl back to his cabin before instructing his relative and the girl to engage in sexual intercourse.
Both declined, and White offered the victim money to take his minor-aged relative’s virginity.
Court documents say the girl refused, and White began to touch the girl inappropriately before pushing her into the cabin and performing sexual acts on the girl before forcing her to perform sexual acts on him and his relative.
White faces a maximum term of imprisonment of 15 years, a lifetime of supervised release, up to a $250,000 fire, and may be required to register as a sex offender.
He also faces payment of a $100 mandatory special assessment fee per county.
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