The family of a woman who "drunkenly" fell to her death overboard a Taylor Swift-themed cruise is suing Royal Caribbean.
Dulcie White, 66, disappeared from deck on October 22 last year as guests partied on the Allue of the Seas.
Ms White's body remains lost at sea and her family have filed a lawsuit at Florida's Miami-Dade County, The Independent reports.
Megan Klewin, Ms White's daughter, told broadcasters she had thought her mother had gone to check her suitcases shortly before she fell overboard, as the ship sailed 17 miles off the coast of the Bahamas’ capital of Nassau.
"I wasn't looking and the next chance that I did look up, I saw her back,” Ms Klewin said. “She was seated on the edge of the balcony like she had climbed up.
“She was seated and then fell over before I could get to her."
Tickets for the Taylor Swift event started from $1,573 (approximately £1,195) and Ms Klewin explained that her mother had bought an unlimited alcoholic beverages package, priced at an additional $80 or $90 per day (£60 to £68).
Ms White's family complained that she was still being served alcoholic drinks even after becoming visibly drunk, with slurred speech and difficulty standing up.
The lawsuit states she was served "seven alcoholic beverages continually within a span of approximately six hours and eight minutes".
Ms Klewin alleges the boat failed to stop after her mother fell overboard and that rescue teams were not sent to search for her. Despite this, TMZ reports that the the U.S. Coast Guard and the Royal Bahamas Defense Force did make a concerted search to find the woman.
A Royal Caribbean spokesman told TMZ its crew "immediately launched a search and rescue effort”.
Ms Klewin claims "over service of alcohol" contributed to her mother's death, adding: "Because of that she did overdo it, trying to maybe get her money's worth... She was completely intoxicated in a way I haven't seen before."
The family's attorney Spencer Aronfeld said he hoped the lawsuit would bring an end to cruise ships offering alcohol packages.
He also stated that the High Seas Act limits the size of large payouts in court.
Royal Caribbean has been approached for comment.
