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Women don't belong out at sea working on ships with men, the 62-year-old engineer told the 19-year-old trainee just weeks before she says he raped her.
Hope Hicks is among those speaking out. The student at the US Merchant Marine Academy claims she was raped by her boss First Engineer Edgar Sison on board the Alliance Fairfax.
The young woman, Hope Hicks, was a student at the US Merchant Marine Academy. The man, Edgar Sison, was her boss.
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