MIAMI – Miami-Dade police say a man exposed himself to and propositioned a teenage boy in a sauna on board a Royal Caribbean cruise ship; he’s now facing charges following his arrest Friday.
According to an arrest report, the Explorer of the Seas was in international waters Tuesday when Anish Shan, of Columbus, Georgia, approached the 14-year-old in the sauna at around 7 p.m.
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The report states that Shan, 21, approached the boy and asked him how old he was.
Police said after the boy told him he was 14, Shan “started to masturbate” all while “making eye contact with the victim.”
The arrest report states Shan then asked the boy if he’d ever had oral sex before. Police said after the boy replied “no,” Shan then “solicited oral sex” from the teen, which he declined.
It’s unclear whether Shan was detained at sea following the alleged incident, but authorities took him into custody Friday after the ship returned to PortMiami.
Police redacted an alleged confession from the report.
Shan, charged with lewd and lascivious conduct and lewd and lascivious exhibition on a child under 16, was released from the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center on a $12,500 bond, according to Miami-Dade court records.
A judge ordered him to stay away from the teenager.
Local 10 News has contacted Royal Caribbean seeking comment on the arrest.