Judge rules Royal Caribbean not responsible for Indiana toddler s 2019 death Share Updated: 4:43 PM EDT Jul 14, 2021 Chloe Wiegand
The latest breaking updates, delivered straight to your email inbox. Share Updated: 4:43 PM EDT Jul 14, 2021 A federal judge in Miami has ruled that Royal Caribbean is not responsible for the death of an Indiana toddler.Salvatore Anello, of Valparaiso, Indiana, was holding his 18-month-old granddaughter Chloe when she fell from an 11th-story window of a cruise ship in July of 2019.She fell about 150 feet from the window of the Royal Caribbean Cruises’ Freedom of the Seas ship.Anello pleaded guilty last year to negligent homicide, and is now serving probation in Indiana. He has repeatedly said he did not know the window was open, and that he lifted the girl up to it so she could knock on the glass.Chloe s parents sued Royal Caribbean, saying there was no reason for the window to be open just steps away from a children
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — A grandfather who pleaded guilty to negligent homicide in the fall of his young granddaughter from an 11th-story window of a cruise ship docked in
Grandfather of toddler who died in fall from cruise ship sentenced to 3 years probation
By Austin Williams
Chloe Wiegand
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - The grandfather of an Indiana toddler who fell to her death from the 11th story of a cruise ship after he held her up on a railing was sentenced to three years of probation Monday, according to Puerto Rico’s Department of Justice.
Salvatore Sam Anello of Valparaiso, Indiana, said last year that he would drop a not-guilty plea to help end what he called this nightmare for his family.
Grandfather of toddler who died in fall from cruise ship sentenced to 3 years probation
The death occurred in July 2019 after the grandfather lifted his infant granddaughter up to an open window in the children’s play area, so she could knock on the glass.