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TV Appearances

The disappearance of cruise passenger George Smith in 2005 has instigated an explosion of television news coverage on cruise ship crimes, including rape and sexual assault on cruise ships and cruise passenger disappearances. The public is finally learning what the cruise ship industry has tried so hard to conceal, that on cruise ships it is "open season on the high seas".

Lipcon, Margulies, Alsina & Winkleman, P.A., has been featured on over 30 nationally broadcasted television programs covering cruise ship rape and sexual assaults as well as other cruise ship crimes. View the clips below to see just how frequent cruise ship rape and sexual assualts as well as other cruise ship crimes are. The interviews also cover what is done to investigate such attacks and what Mr. Lipcon believes should be done to make cruises safer.





Airdate: January 30, 2012
Subject: Attorney Winkleman interview on Costa Concordi
Program: America's Newsroom
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Airdate: January 20, 2012
Subject: Attorney Winkleman interview on Costa Concordia
Program: America Live
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Airdate: January 19, 2012
Subject: Attorney Winkleman interview on Costa Concordia
Program: America's Newsroom
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Airdate: January 19, 2012
Subject: Attorney Winkleman interview on Costa Concordia
Program: Imus in the Morning
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Airdate: January 16 2012
Subject: Attorney Winkleman interview on Costa Concordia
Program: Studio 11 LA
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Airdate: January 16, 2012
Subject: Attorney Winkleman interview on Costa Concordia
Program: Happening Now
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Airdate: January 16, 2012
Subject: Attorney Winkleman interview on Costa Concordia
Program: Fox and Friends
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Airdate: January 14, 2012
Subject: Attorney Winkleman interview on Costa Concordia
Program: Justice with Judge Jeanine
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Airdate: July 21, 2011
Subject: Lipcon and Margulies Recognized by Super Lawyers Magazine
Program: PR Video
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Airdate: February 22, 2011
Subject: Lipcon interviewed on Cruise Ship Rape Cases
Program: Nightline
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Airdate: Dec 21, 2010
Subject: Charles R. Lipcon,
Violence in the Caribbean
Program: Today Show
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Airdate: September 8, 2010
Subject: Charles Lipcon interviewed - Rogue wave hits cruise ship, many injured
Program: America's Newsroom
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Airdate: August 2, 2010
Subject: Jason Margulies on Cruise Ship Safety
Program: The Morning Show
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Airdate: January 1, 2009
Subject: Charles Lipcon On Possible Dangers on Cruise Ships
Program: Fox & Friends
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Airdate: June 3, 2008
Subject: Cruise Lines And Medical Care
Program: WSVN 7 Ten O'Clock News
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Airdate: May 5, 2008
Subject: Medical Care on Cruise Ships
Program: Fox 11 Ten O'Clock News
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Airdate: May 3, 2008
Subject: SS Norway explosion - Interview of Tonya Meister on German television
Program: Buten Unbinnen
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Airdate: January 18, 2008
Subject: Charles Lipcon and Cruise Lines
Program: 20/20
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Airdate: January 8, 2008
Subject: Unsafe on the High Seas
Program: The Morning Show With Mike and Juliet
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Airdate: May 22, 2007
Subject:Cruise Ship Industry Trying to Clean Up Image
Program: Fox 11 Ten O'Clock News
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Airdate: September 12, 2006
Subject: Missing Person from a Carnival Cruise Ship
Subject: Interview with Tonya Meister
Program: MSNBC News Live
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Airdate: June 18, 2006
Subject: Charles Lipcon and Woman missing from Cruise Ship
Program: The Big Idea With Donny Deutsch
Station: CNBC
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Airdate: June 18, 2006
Subject: Deadly Waters - Charles Lipcon [segment 1]
Program: THS Investigates
Station: E!TV
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Airdate: June 18, 2006
Subject: Deadly Waters - Charles Lipcon [segment 2]
Program: THS Investigates
Station: E!TV
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Airdate: April 29, 2006
Subject: Drinking on Cruise Lines
Program: The Early Show
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Airdate: April 28, 2006
Subject: Drinking on Cruise Lines
Program: Inside Edition
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Airdate: April 4, 2006
Subject: Maritime attorney Charles Lipcon interviewed regarding death on Carnival Ship
Program: Fox 11 Ten O'Clock News
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Airdate: March 24, 2006
Subject: Richard Alsina-Cruise Ships (In Spainish)
Program: Envivo Directo
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Airdate: December 13, 2005
Subject: Jason Margulies And The George Smith Case
Program: MSNBC News Live
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Airdate: November 15, 2005
Subject: Cruises...Hot Vacations...Cold Truth / Cruise Ship Crimes
Program: FOX26 NEWS (Houston)
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Airdate: November 11, 2005
Subject: Mystery on the High Seas
Program: Geraldo at Large
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Airdate: October 3, 2005
Subject: Charles Lipcon interviewed live on MSNBC regarding Congressional investigation of George Smith case
Program: Scarborough Country


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Airdate: August 19, 2005
Subject: Hope's Story
Program: A Current Affair
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Airdate: August 18, 2005
Subject: Jane's Story
Program: A Current Affair
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Airdate: August 15, 2005
Program: MSNBC News Live
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Airdate: August 14, 2005
Subject: Charles Lipcon on George Smith Case
Program: Big Story Weekend Edition
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Airdate: August 13, 2005
Subject: Charles Lipcon on George Smith Case
Program: Heartland With John Kasich
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Airdate: August 12, 2005
Subject: Charles Lipcon on George Smith Case
Program: Scarborough Country
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Airdate: August 9, 2005
Subject: Charles Lipcon on George Smith Case
Program: Scarborough Country
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Airdate: August 1, 2005
Subject: Cruise Line Crime
Program: Catherine Crier Live

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Airdate: July 27, 2005
Subject: Man Disappears From Cruiseship
Program: The O'Reilly Factor
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Airdate: July 22, 2005
Subject: Cruise Ship Crime
Program: A Current Affair
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Airdate: February 21, 2005
Subject: Cruiseline Sexual Assault
Program: FOX News at 10

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Airdate: July 21, 2005
Subject: Crime on the High Seas
Program: A Current Affair
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Airdate: July 20, 2005
Subject: Cruise Ship Rape & Sexual Assaults
Program: A Current Affair
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Airdate: July 16, 2005
Subject: Missing cruise passenger George Smith
Program: A Current Affair
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Airdate: 1998
Subject: Charles Lipcon on NBC Nightly News
Program: NBC Nightly News
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LEEZA

Airdate: 1998
Subject: Charles Lipcon on The Wardell Case vs. Royal Caribbean
Program: LEEZA
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