In Pictures: A timeline of two US women rape allegations in the Bahamas
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Amber Shearer and Dongayla Dobson, 31, the two American women who accused two Bahamian male staff members of a local hotel in Grand Bahama, of drugging and raping them, are sticking to their story though CCTV footage seems to prove otherwise.
The footage from surveillance cameras shows Shearer and Dobson posing for a selfie with the accused men before the reported rape, then ambling off into the distance to a secluded spot where they claimed the ordeal took place.
They return on camera forty minutes later from the secluded spot, walk up the beach but does not alarm beachgoers that they were raped. They go to a bathroom and meet a nurse who claims the women had bruises on their legs from the alleged ordeal.
The women are both back in the United States with an attorney after making the egregious claims, appearing on US media castigating law enforcement in the Bahamas for how they were reportedly treated after the ‘ordeal’.
The Bahamian men–Warren Adderley 40, and Spencer Parker 54, accused of rape were released from police custody pending further investigations. Further, Pirate’s Cove and Carnival Cruise Line have refuted the women’s claims after camera footage conflicted with their allegations.
Though the men have not publicly spoken on the matter after their termination from Pirate’s Cove, Parker wished to speak to DailyMail but was advised by an attorney to remain silent on the matter and await the conclusion of the investigation. Family members of the men, though, insisted it was consensual sex.
The FBI Bureau in the Bahamas is assisting local authorities.
Here is a timestamp of the events that unfolded
Images were obtained by the DailyMail.
Amber Shearer and Dongayla Dobson walk the main entrance of Pirate’s Cove in Grand Bahama at 8:25 am. Shearer is seen in denim shorts with a blue hoodie and Dobson is wearing a pink beach dress.
Shearer, Dobson and Adderley (the staff at Pirate’s Cove) pose for a selfie after meeting him at Pirates Cove Zipline & Waterpark on Grand Bahama on February 4.
Shearer walks hand-in-hand with Warren Adderley, who she accuses of raping and drugging her. They go to a secluded area off the beach around 10:09 am, moments after the selfie was taken, while Dobson (not seen) trailed behind.
A tight shot of Shearer and Adderley walking arm-in-arm to a secluded area off the beach around 10:09 am.
The two women holding hands together, appear 40 minutes later, returning to the beach without Adderley. At one point, Shearer (in the peach swimsuit) appears to be extending her arm to take a selfie with her friend.
Another image shows the two women holding hands together after the reported rape, taking another selfie.
The beach at Pirates Cove where Amber Shearer and Dongayla Dobson say Warren Adderley and Spencer Parker sexually assaulted them
The pair returned to the sand and went inside a restroom where, moments later, they indicated to a female attendant that they felt unwell and claimed to have been drugged. They were assisted by a nurse who was also a passenger on the cruise. They then reported the matter to the hotel manager.
The two women met the two resort workers at Pirates Cove Zipline & Waterpark when their Carnival ship docked in Grand Bahama on February 4.
In interviews with US media, the tearful friends said their four-day cruise turned into a nightmare when Adderley and Parker offered them a two-for-one deal on the resort’s signature cocktails, which are mixed in front of guests and served from coconut shells and hollowed-out pineapples. According to the women, their drinks were spiked.
The two women followed Parker offsite to a secluded patch of woodland (pictured) – beyond the range of the resort’s cameras – where things took a shocking turn, according to the women.
Surveillance cameras at Pirate’s Cove. The resort reportedly has multiple CCTV cameras dotted around the beachfront property. Several security guards were seen on patrol and the beach was teeming with staff, according to reporters from the DailyMail who were on the property to investigate the incident.
Pirate’s Cove Beach Getaway package offers an array of activities which Carnival Cruise sells for $57, Carnival released a statement insisting Shearer and Dobson were on an ‘independent shore excursion’.
The women appear distraught in US television interviews, describing the ordeal.