My daughter sent a horrific message saying she was drugged and raped at Bahamas resort after drinking spiked cocktails
A mother was faced with every parent's worst nightmare when she received a chilling text message from her daughter who was on holiday.
Frankie King's stomach dropped as soon as she read the chilling words: “We were drugged and raped.”
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Frankie's daughter Dongayla Dobson was vacationing in the Bahamas with her friend Amber Shearer when both women were allegedly given drug-laced cocktails and raped by men in uniform on February 4.
The mother said she knew something was wrong with the couple, both 31 and from Kentucky, after they posted a video on social media of them “falling all over the place.”
They were said to be at the Pirate's Cove beach resort on Grand Bahama at the time, during an excursion from their Carnival Cruises ship.
Frankie said it was especially troubling because both Dongayla and Amber were not prone to drinking much.
The women later claimed that their behavior was the result of their cocktails being spiked, such as the Royal Bahama Police Force confirmed on February 4 that two men – aged 54 and 40 – had been arrested.
Dongayla and Amber – who have shared their version of events and given their anonymity as alleged victims of sexual assault – claimed that local men, employees of the resort, gave them cocktails laced with nails and attacked them while they were collecting shells.
Frankie told Fox News: “It's a parent's worst nightmare. Your child is in trouble and in danger and scared, and they are 300 to 500 miles away, across the water, and I can't reach them.
“They were on a live video that they had just posted or something. They fell everywhere.
'They don't drink much, but I've seen both of those girls drunk. I knew something else was going on. Like something's not right, but I couldn't put my finger on it.'
Dongayla and Amber were found unconscious in a bathroom by a resort housekeeper.
A local nurse helped resuscitate them and recorded details of their injuries before they returned home about a day later.
Frankie said: 'I could never have imagined how traumatized they really were until I saw them at the airport.
“It was like they were kids again. They ran into me and jumped on me. I mean, they almost knocked me down.”
The resort has since denied the women's claims and said it has involved local police and police FBI with “long videos from everyone involved” refuting their version of events.
In a statement released by the Pirate's Cove resort on February 8, management said: 'Further judgement from the surveillance videos, the allegations at the scene and in subsequent social media posts and news stories are contrary to what the time-stamped surveillance videos contain.”
It continued: “As such, the long-form videos of all involved have been handed over to local police and will be shared with our industry partners as appropriate.”
The Freeport resort previously said it had made the call law enforcement and for medical assistance, and had taken “swift” action by firing the two resort employees for violating resort policy.
It explained: “We have a zero-tolerance policy towards fraternizing with guests or behaving in a manner that is unsafe.”
Carnival also issued a statement emphasizing that the two friends were not part of the $57 beach excursion it is offering; it claimed that the women ventured alone.
A cruise line representative said: “While on shore in Freeport, Bahamas, on an independent shore excursion, two Carnival Elation guests reported to Bahamian police that they had been sexually assaulted on a local beach.
“Our onboard care team provided support to the two guests as they sailed back to Jacksonville. The Bahamian Police Department is investigating the matter and Carnival is providing our full cooperation.”
The Sun has contacted Pirate's Cove and the Royal Bahama Police Force for further comment.
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