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Giving a voice to victims of shipboard harassment and & fighting to change the maritime industry. *Not a law firm or legal advice* 501(c)(3)

30/06/2025

ATTENTION: WE DID NOT SEND THIS LETTER to the USMMA. And we have NOT sent any similar letters to the USMMA or to anyone else. If you receive a letter like this, it is not from MLAA. We strongly recommend that the person(s) impersonating our organization cease and desist. Write your own letter, use your own name.

26/06/2025

: “Ryan Melogy of , who is also representing the claimant, stated, “The Coast Guard knowingly exposed cadets to danger, concealed abuse, and enabled a culture of impunity. These are not isolated failures—they reflect a systemic crisis of its own making that the Coast Guard must finally confront and correct.”

10/06/2025

“This case is about more than one captain — it’s about a system consisting of U.S. government agencies, maritime labor unions, [maritime academies], and commercial shipping companies that have worked cooperatively for decades to protect known s*xual predators and silence their victims,” added Melogy.

07/06/2025

The Coast Guard knew he was a predator. AMO knew he was a predator. The shipping company knew he was a predator. The school should have known he was a predator. Tradewinds: “It is not the first time that Merrone has faced s*xual assault allegations. In 2011, he was charged with s*xual battery, aggravated battery and false imprisonment after a woman accused him of ra**ng her, breaking her toe and preventing her from leaving his apartment. He was convicted of the false imprisonment charge.
Merrone was sentenced to two years in prison.
While he was serving that time, a Florida appeals court later threw out the conviction and ordered a new trial, despite efforts by the office of then-Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi to keep the prison sentence in place. Bondi is now US attorney general in the government of President Donald Trump.Prosecutors in Key West, Florida, decided in 2014 not to bring the case back to trial, according to a document obtained by Trade Winds. Merrone’s merchant mariner’s licence was still valid while he was in prison, though the Coast Guard has since worked to revoke licenses of seafarers convicted of crimes.”

06/06/2025

Captain Merrone was not looking so good today surrendering to the FBI and then getting arraigned in federal court in Brooklyn. He brought a walker, and his attorney described is as some kind of humanitarian who traveled the world serving the poor…No..he’s a ra**st, and he thought he was untouchable, but today he had to ask his Daddy for $100,000 so he get bailed out of federal jail…what a f*cking loser…

05/06/2025

Never give up. Thank you, thank you, thank you to the incredibly brave victims of Captain John Merrone who stood up and fought back to hold this monster accountable. He thought he was God on that ship. He thought he was untouchable. He was wrong, and the others out there who still believe the same thing are also wrong. And all it takes is a victim calling the right lawyer for you to find your ass in jail. Let’s pray for justice, and let’s fight to continue driving change in this disgusting, exploitative industry filled with predators and criminals and their protectors and enablers.

12/05/2025

“Our client lives every day with the memory of what was done to her at the ,” said attorney Ryan Melogy [of the law firm]. “By courageously filing this claim, she ensures the Coast Guard must remember, too.”

11/05/2025

A 30th s*xual assault complaint was filed against the U.S. Coast Guard, a law firm representing former Coast Guard Academy cadets announced.

11/04/2025

If you ever cheered for Mark Stinziano, if you ever downplayed the seriousness of Stinziano’s conduct, if you ever ridiculed and attacked and dismissed the people who risked everything in an effort to hold Stinziano accountable and to protect cadets from sick s*xual predators like Mark Stinziano, raise your hand again, now.

10/04/2025

https://www.maritimelegalaid.com/foia/in-historic-crackdown-coast-guard-charges-47-mariners-with-s*xual-misconduct-in-2024

09/04/2025

You’d have to have something seriously wrong with you to spend your time trying to bring attention to the plight of mariners at sea and their lack of rights and the lack of accountability and the abuses their endure. We congratulate David on finally seeing the light and finally shutting down HRAS. No one cared about his work. Not even seafarers. What do people care about? MEMES. They love maritime memes. People like to laugh. And they love images of an idealized maritime workplace that does not exist. They love being lied to and sold a bill of goods. People love glamour and feeling good and making others jealous. But no one wants to read about people getting abused at sea on ships. And no one wants to give money to fight against it. That’s no fun!!! 🌈🌈🌈

06/04/2025

is one of the REAL transportation activists out, and we have so much respect and admiration for her. There’s a fake women in trucking organization out there that claims to represent women in the industry, but all it does is take money from the trucking companies and other industry $ interests and it’s just money to keep them quiet and keep them from saying anything true about how the trucking industry really operates and how it REALLY treats women. Well, this fake women’s group’s activities pi**ed off, so she started (REAL Women in Trucking) to actually advocate for women in the trucking industry and to expose the horrific abuses women and especially trainee drivers are exposed to in the industry, like being forced to “train” in a truck out on the highways with an actual convicted s*x predator. Yes…they put young women new to the trucking industry in a long haul cab with a man for weeks at a time and bad things happen…Since Desiree’s group isn’t beholden to the trucking industry for $$$, she can actually talk about stuff like this instead of just clamoring for more access and photo ops with industry and agency insiders. Our dream is that one day a brave woman will come forward in the mold of and start a REAL Women in Maritime group. She will be a powerful force, and We will support her 100%…thank you for being an inspiration !!

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