Disney cruise ship rape: Female employee 'sexually assaulted by colleague'

The incident is said to have taken place while the ship was docked in Cadiz, south west Spain

Cadiz in south Spain, where the incident is said to have taken place (Getty Images / iStockPhoto)

A crew member on a Disney cruise ship has been arrested after allegedly raping another member of staff.

The incident is said to have taken place on Saturday while the cruise liner was docked in Cadiz, a port city in south west Spain.

The two colleagues were staying on board a smaller boat called Rhapsody while the main liner was refurbished, according to local newspaper La Voz de Cadiz.

It is said that the pair had consensual sex before the alleged attack, in which the victim is believed to have refused anal sex with her co-worker the following morning.

A 28-year-old man is being held in custody and has appeared before a local court after the incident was reported to the police.

The Spanish national police has now taken over the investigation, according to Diario de Cadiz.

The cruise liner, which has around 900 members of staff, is docked in the town from early September to late October.

In September, another employee of the Disney cruise liner was arrested and later released for alleged indecent exposure in front of two children in a Cadiz shopping centre, reported La Vox de Cadiz.

Rebecca Coriam, a Disney cruise worker from Chester, disappeared in 2011 less than 24 hours after the ship she was working on set off from Los Angeles.

MP Chris Matheson, who is involved in the investigation into the 24-year-old's disappearance, has said there is a "real possibility" she was murdered, according to The Chester Standard.

A Disney Cruise Line spokesperson told The Independent the alleged attacker is no longer with the company.