FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — A mother will not face criminal charges after her 5-year-old daughter fell off Disney’s Dream cruise ship over the summer as it was traveling in international waters, the Broward County State Attorney’s Office confirmed this week.
According to a memo from Assistant State Attorney Melissa Kelly, the mother, Michelle Sapp, was taking photos of her daughter on the morning of June 29 on Deck 4 when her daughter climbed onto the railing and sat down, facing her mother.
Prosecutors said the child then lost her balance and fell backwards through a large porthole-type window, falling about 49 feet down into the ocean…