Captain of Mike Lynch’s Boat Under INVESTIGATION for Manslaughter After Sicily Yacht Tragedy_E! News

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00:00Captain of Mike Lynch's yacht is under investigation for manslaughter.

00:04The captain of the Bayesian superyacht James Cutfield is under investigation after seven

00:09of the 22 people aboard, including six passengers and the ship's chef, died after a water spout

00:15struck and sunk the ship, prosecutors confirmed during a press conference on August 24.

00:20The New Zealander's lawyer Giovanni Rizzuti confirmed to NBC News that a multiple manslaughter

00:26investigation has been launched into his client, alongside an investigation for causing

00:31a shipwreck.

00:32Rizzuti also confirmed Cutfield will be questioned again by prosecutors in Sicily on August 27.

00:38E! News has reached out to Rizzuti for comment but has not yet heard back.

00:42However, that does not mean he will face charges.

00:45As NBC News noted, being placed under investigation in Italy does not imply guilt and does not

00:50guarantee formal charges will follow.

00:53Instead, notices need to be sent to people under investigation before authorities can

00:57carry out autopsies.

00:59Authorities have not yet confirmed whether any of the other crew members will be put

01:03under investigation alongside Cutfield.

01:05The news of the investigation comes after all six of the missing guests aboard the Bayesian

01:10were confirmed dead when the last body was found on August 23.

01:14The seven victims have previously been confirmed by news outlets or their places of employment.

01:20There's British tech mogul Mike Lynch and his 18-year-old daughter Hannah, Morgan Stanley

01:24International Chairman Jonathan Bloomer and his wife Judy Bloomer, and lawyer Chris Marveo

01:29and his wife Nita Marveo.

01:31The body of the ship's cook, Riccardo Thomas, was found shortly after the incident.

01:36Lynch's wife Angela Bacarus was among the 15 people aboard the Bayesian who were rescued

01:41by a nearby vessel and then brought to shore by the Coast Guard after the boat capsized.

01:45The accident occurred on August 19, when a violent storm struck suddenly off the coast

01:50of Sicily.

01:51Director of Sicily's Civil Protection Agency Salvatore Gosina previously shared that it

01:56was likely a waterborne tornado, known as a water sprout, that sunk the 180-foot vessel,

02:02noting that the yacht was in the wrong place at the wrong time.

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