EXCLUSIVE: Just months before OceanGate Expeditions’ submersible went silent during an excursion to the remains of the Titanic, a Florida couple accused the company’s founder of taking them on a very different kind of ride.
when it was announced in 2017. But the pair never embarked on the voyage, and filed a lawsuit alleging OceanGate CEO Stockton Rush strung them along knowing full well his vessel was not ready to take the plunge by the promised date in 2018, and subsequently ignored their requests for a refund.that Rush is among the five aboard the vanished craft. OceanGate did not immediately respond to requests for comment from The Daily Beast.
“During their September 27, 7017 meeting, Rush made several false statements of material fact to Plaintiffs, including, without limitation: regarding the status of development and testing of Cyclops 2 as of that date, that Cyclops 2 would be ready to dive on the Titanic by June of 2018,” the suit reads.
“Given the willful, wanton, and egregious nature of Rush’s conduct, plaintiffs reserve the right to seek to have punitive damages awarded herein,” the complaint states.
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