Ashley Reid Pascarella and her husband Jeffery T. Pascarella
WASHINGTON, D.C. — As a veteran Bahamian journalist living in the United States, I was deeply concerned about the reports surrounding the allegations made by a New Jersey bride and her husband, Ashley Reid Pascarella and Jeffery T. Pascarella, who are suing Sandals Resorts for $30 million, claiming that the bride-to-be was “molested by the butler assigned to them” on the eve of their wedding at Sandals Royal Bahamian resort in Nassau. This story was widely circulated literally around the world and it clearly had the potential of seriously damaging The Bahamas’ reputation as one or the world’s preeminent tourist destinations.
Sandals Resort has an impeccable reputation throughout the wider Caribbean, and the Royal Bahamian Resort is one of their premier properties. As a former Editor of The Nassau Guardian, one of the leading newspapers in The Bahamas, I have first-hand knowledge of the devotion to excellence that undergirds the operational culture of Sandals Royal Bahamian, and when I first read the claims made by the New Jersey couple in the New York Post, there was something about their story that does not stand the test of proper scrutiny.
Then on Friday night, I saw an interview on a local television station in Nassau with Moral Adderley, the Sandals butler who is the focus of the allegations made by the New Jersey couple two years after their marriage in Nassau, and my firm conviction that something is wrong with their story was reinforced. This is why I requested a copy of that interview by EYEWNESS NEWS of ILTV STUDIOS in Nassau. Here’s a link to that interview: https://vimeo.com/303841329
