Anna Kepner Cruise Ship: She Slept at Friends’ Houses Just to Avoid Him

Anna Kepner’s ex-boyfriend says Anna’s brother told him she was scared of Timothy Hudson. That she would stay at friends’ houses just to not be around him. That the fear was known. That it was ongoing.

And then the family put Anna and Hudson in the same cabin on a cruise ship. Three teenagers. One room. Parents across the hall. No adult checked in for hours.

The question that has consumed this case since November — should the parents face charges — is louder than ever. Hudson’s own step-grandmother went on CBS and called the cruise “a recipe for disaster.” But between that demand and a federal courtroom sits a jurisdictional wall that may make prosecution impossible: a Panamanian-flagged ship, international waters, and no federal statute that covers a parent’s vacation decision.

Retired FBI Special Agent Jennifer Coffindaffer joins Tony and Robin to examine whether charges are possible, what evidence would be required, and the heartbreaking reality that the loudest question in this case may not have a legal answer.

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