‘Below Deck Down Under’: Captain Lee Rosbach Says Fired Crew Members ‘Should Pay The Price’ For ‘Despicable’ Sexual Misconduct

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Captain Lee Rosbach is speaking out on the sexual misconduct incidents that took place on this week’s episode of  “Below Deck Down Under”.

During Monday’s episode, Luke Jones and Laura Bileskalne were both fired as a result of their “despicable” behaviour, as Rosbach described while chatting with Us Weekly. “I’m sure they’ll be paying the price for it for a long time to come.

As they should,” the “Below Deck” captain told the outlet. When the “Down Under” crew returned to the superyacht after a night spent drinking alcohol off the boat, Jones climbed into third stew Margot Sisson’s bed naked and “without consent” while she was asleep, despite the fact that she’d made it clear she didn’t want him in her cabin. READ MORE: ‘Below Deck Down Under’ Stars Margot Sisson, Captain Jason Speak Out After Producers Step In And Stop 2 Potential Sexual Assault Incidents Happening Chief stewardess, Aesha Scott — who has her own history with sexual assault after drinking — quickly acknowledged the dangerous situation and notified Captain Jason Chambers, who then immediately kicked Jones off the boat that night before his employment as a bosun was terminated the following morning.

One day after the incident, viewers saw second stew, Laura Bileskalne, also get fired for her inappropriate reaction to Jones’ actions, and for a separate incident that occurred the night before, in which she behaved inappropriately toward deckhand, Adam Kodra.