Royal Caribbean Cruise Ship Passenger Died After Being Served 33 Drinks
A man who went on a rampage aboard a Royal Caribbean cruise after consuming 33 drinks was reportedly bundled by staff, pepper sprayed, injected with Haloperidol (a prescription medication used to treat psychotic disorders) and then stuffed into a freezer after he ultimately died.
The family of Michael Virgil are now suing, claiming he was “negligently served” at least 33 alcoholic drinks before his death, prompting his drunken rage in which he threatened to kill other passengers and attacked members of the crew.
According to the lawsuit, crew members and security tackled Virgil to the ground, stood on his body “with their full weight,” injected him with Haloperidol (at the request of the ship’s captain), and used multiple cans of pepper spray on him.
The guy was Big Show huge, to be fair, as you can see from the video:
NEW: Royal Caribbean cruise staff stuffed a passenger in a fridge and refused to return to port after he was served 33 drinks, according to a new lawsuit.
35-year-old Michael Virgil died on a cruise after allegedly being served 33 drinks & being injected with a sedative.
Virgil… pic.twitter.com/YNsvmxOVSH
— Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) December 10, 2025
If this had happened on land, the police probably would have tasered him multiple times without success, so maybe the crew felt they had no choice but to deal with it in the manner what they did?
Which brings us back to the key point of the lawsuit: that they served this behemoth of a man 33 alcoholic drinks. I mean, you can’t then be too shocked that he got drunk and flew into a rage upon getting lost trying to find his room on the ship. His size and behavior may have warranted the reaction, but would he have gotten lost and become aggressive and belligerent to begin with if they hadn’t given him 33 drinks?
You’ve got to stop at around 6 or 7 drinks in one sitting, surely. Maybe 8 at most. I know it gets tricky when a customer has booked an all-inclusive package (which Virgil had), but you’ve still got to use your common sense and adhere to basic safety standards.
Virgil’s fiancée, Connie Aguilar, also alleges that the cruise refused to return to the port following the incident and put his body in a refrigerator.
She said: “They put Michael in a refrigerator and continued the cruise for multiple days.”
That, if true, is incredibly f—ed up.
According to the lawsuit, Virgil passed away from “significant hypoxia and impaired ventilation, respiratory failure, cardiovascular instability and ultimately cardiopulmonary arrest.”
Depending on how this lawsuit pans out, Royal Caribbean could legitimately be put out of business. If things played out the way Virgil’s wife and the lawsuit claim, it’s a disaster of epic proportions. Especially the part about keeping him in the freezer and continuing the cruise. That’s no way to treat a paying customer, deceased or not.
RIP Michael Virgil.
To watch an argument over a threesome lead to a 60-person royal rumble on board a carnival cruises, click HERE. Crazy scenes.
