A cruise ship lifeguard was behind bars in South Florida after he was accused of having sex with a 17-year-old passenger, authorities said.
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Rafael Cayetano Blanco, 38, was arrested by the Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office on Saturday on a charge of unlawful sexual activity of a minor, an arrest report said.
According to the report, the girl was a passenger on the MSC World America cruise ship, where Cayetano Blanco was working as a lifeguard.
On Aug. 16, they met on the ship and exchanged numbers, and that night, she went to his cabin where they had sex, the report said.
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She returned to his cabin on Aug. 19 and they had sex again, the report said.
Records showed Cayetano Blanco was detained on Saturday when the ship returned to PortMiami.
Cayetano Blanco, of Guatemala, gave a confession and was arrested and booked into jail, the report said. He remains behind bars on an immigration hold, records showed.
The ship is currently based at PortMiami and travels throughout the Caribbean, with recent stops in the Bahamas and Mexico, records show.
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NBC6 has reached out to MSC for a statement and was waiting to hear back.