Two crew members from Below Deck Down Under were fired after a night of drinking led to inappropriate behavior. Bosun Luke Jones was fired after getting into bed naked with stewardess Margot Sisson while she was asleep and unconscious. Second stew Laura Bileskalne was also fired for her inappropriate reaction to the incident and for making Margot and deckhand Adam Kodra feel uncomfortable after they expressed their boundaries had been violated. Captain Jason Chambers terminated both Luke and Laura for their actions and disregard of crew members' consent and well-being.

1. Below Deck Down Under A
Crew Member Crossed the Line
After a Drunken Night Out —
Triggering 2 Firings
HomeTV Below Deck Down Under A Crew Member Crossed the Line
After a Drunken Night Out — Triggering 2 Firings

2. Two members of the crew from Bravo‟s Below Deck Down
Under season 2 were swiftly fired after sexual misconduct following a
night off the boat.
On Monday‟s episode, bosun Luke Jones was terminated by Captain
Jason Chambers after climbing into the bed of Margot Sisson naked —
and “without consent” — while the stewardess was asleep.
Second stew Laura Bileskalne was then also fired for the inappropriate
way she reacted to the incident between Luke and Margot, as well as
for her behavior toward deckhand Adam Kodra during the same night.
The sequence of events began as the crew went together out in Cairns,
Australia. After many shots were consumed by all, Margot noted that
she was “really drunk” at dinner. Later, as crew members made their
way back to the boat in taxis, chief stew Aesha Scott told deckhand
Culver Bradbury that she was going to “watch” Margot. “I just want to
chaperone her a bit,” Aesha said.
“You should come and cuddle with me,” Luke told Margot in the back
of the car.
“No, let‟s go,” said Margot.
“I just want to go to bed,” Margot then told Aesha as Aesha helped her
onto the yacht and took her to her cabin.

3. Once in Margot‟s cabin, Aesha told her, “I don‟t want any drunkenness
to be taken advantage of. So I‟d just like to see you get into bed safely.
I‟ll get you water.”
Luke then appeared in Margot‟s cabin in his boxers and said, “Let‟s
have a f — -ing jacuzzi,” before going and getting into the hot tub.
“I just saw the way that Luke was looking at you, and I‟m feeling very
protective,” Aesha told Margot.
Margot responded, “I am glad that you‟re here. I don‟t want to go in the
jacuzzi, I want to go bed. All I want is water and bed, no Luke.”

5. After getting out of the hot tub, Luke then went back to his cabin and
wrapped himself in a towel. Unexpectedly, after the power then went
out on the boat, Aesha went to the crew mess, leaving Margot alone in
her room. At that point, Luke went into Margot‟s cabin and got into her
bed naked while she was asleep.
Producers quickly intervened and told Luke he had to leave Margot‟s
bed “because she wants to go to bed,” but Luke ignored their
instructiong and repeatedly told them, “Thank you, very much.”
Luke finally got out of Margot‟s bed as the lights came back on. He
then told the camera, “Can you f — — off for a second?” and slammed
the door to Margot‟s cabin, but the producers opened it again even as
Luke repeatedly tried to close it.
“We can‟t do that, she said no, she said no,” the producers told Luke. A
frustrated Luke then left Margot‟s cabin naked and said, “Jesus Christ,
mate.”
Aesha then appeared and told Luke as he left Margot‟s cabin, “Dude.
“What the f — -?”

7. Laura then went to find Luke in his cabin and asked him, “What did
you do? Honey, what happened?”
“Nothing, f — — them,” responded Luke. “Nothing, I was just sitting
there.I had nothing to do with her. F — -ing hell, mate!”
Back in Margot‟s cabin, Aesha relayed to Margot what had happened.
“So we‟ve had a power shortage,” said Aesha. “So, Laura and I went to
the crew mess and I turned around and the producers were like, „Get
out, get out,‟ and then Luke runs out of here naked.”
A shocked Margot responded, “Oh my God. Ew, he was naked?”
“Did you consent to him being in here?” asked Aesha.
“No, I was asleep,” said Margot. “I did not invite that at all.”
“This is why I‟m not f — -ing comfortable leaving you here,” said Aesha
as she gets into bed with Margot. “I‟m not having any of this f — -ing s
— -.”
“I didn‟t even know,” added Margot.

8. A tearful Aesha then woke up Captain Jason and relayed the events of
the night to him.
“I just wanted to talk to you about something that‟s happened tonight,”
Aesha said, crying. “Basically we came home tonight and I just kind of
felt like Luke kind of wanted to take advantage of Margot‟s
drunkenness a little bit. She was pretty out of it. And then the next
thing I know the power goes out and Luke is f — -ing running out of
Margot‟s bed naked. She was completely unconscious.”
“Did anything happen?” asked Captain Jason.

9. “No,” said Aesha.
“So she‟s safe? She‟s safe yeah?” said Captain Jason.
“She‟s safe,” said Aesha.
“Where is he now?” asked Captain Jason of Luke.
“Well now Luke is so freaked out that he got caught that he‟s locked
himself in his room. Culver is locked out of his room. It was so f — -ing
wrong,” continued Aesha, still crying. “And I just feel like a lot of
women have had history with things happen, and it just stresses me
out if I ever see anyone being taken advantage of.”

11. Aesha — who during a 2019 episode of Below Deck
Mediterranean previously shared her own experience with sexual
assaulted — said in a confessional interview: “We don‟t actually know
what would have happened, but being in her bed naked and she‟s got
no idea, it actually makes my skin crawl.”
She continued, “You don‟t have the right to put someone unconscious
into that position. I have had a drunken sexual assault experience
before and I never wanted that to happen to anyone else. And she‟s just
such a sweet angel, that the thought of anyone violating or being in her
space it just makes me feel sick.”
Captain Jason then got a key to open Luke and Culver‟s cabin and told
Luke, “Hey, mate. You need to get up, mate. You need to go, you need
to get off the boat tonight. We‟re gonna put you in a hotel for the
night.”
“What?” asked Luke.
“You‟re in a hotel for the night,” said Captain Jason.
“Why?” asked Luke.
“We‟ll talk about it tomorrow,” responded Captain Jason.
“I don‟t need to be in a hotel,” said Luke. “I‟m good, I‟m good.”

12. “You‟ve gotta get off, come on mate. Up,” continued Captain Jason.
“Let‟s make it easy. Grab a shirt, put your shoes on.”
The next morning, Laura and Margot discussing the night before and
Margot asked Laura to jog her memory about their night out.
“What did we do after the restaurant? We just come here?” asked
Margot.
“Yeah,” responded Laura.
“What did I do?” said Margot. “„Cause Luke got into my bed naked.
And it was weird.”
“Was his d — — standing?” asked Laura.
“I don‟t remember,” said Margot.
A visibly shaken Margot later discusses the incident with Aesha and
chef Tzarina Mace-Ralph and asked, “How long was he in my room
for? Do you know?”
“I don‟t know,” responded Aesha.
“I woke up feeling weird and I knew that whatever, like, happened
wasn‟t OK,” said Margot. “I was, like, Am I gonna wake up and he’s

13. still here and i just have to act cool? But I‟m glad that‟s not the case
because that would be reality hard for me. I just feel stupid.”

15. “Don‟t ever feel stupid. He should feel stupid,” said Tzarina, holding
her hand.
“I mean yeah, But I get … I was so drunk,” said Margot.
“Women should be able to be able to bed red-hot drunk if they want to
be, we should be able to stand naked in a room and not have anyone do
anything to us,” said Tzarina. “You know, you were allowed to be
drunk, you were allowed to be. It‟s the other person‟s problem.”
In a confessional, a tearful Margot said, “I feel like disappointed in
myself, I feel embarrassed, sad. I‟m shocked and I‟m processing it but
i‟m honestly just, i just feel so loved, it‟s a lot of different emotions at
once.”
Margot then called her sister Anna and mom to tell them what
happened.
“What the f — -? Are you OK?” asked her sister.
“Yeah,” said Margot. “I don‟t think he did anything because then the
producers were knocking on the door and being like, „Get out,‟ they
made him leave thank God. I just feel really grossed out. I feel so
stupid. I was probably being too flirty.”
“It‟s not your fault,” her mom told her. “Sorry honey, sorry you had to
go through that.”

16. “Me too,” added Margot.

18. Captain Jason then texted Luke and asked him to return to the boat
“talk.” The rest of the crew then gathered in the main salon and
Captain Jason told them that Luke will be coming back on board to
collect his belongings and his employment was being terminated.
“We had an incident last night and I want to stress that this is a place
that we respect each other,” Captain Jason told them. “Our cabin is our
safety zone. That door is our boundary, that door is not to be opened
unless it‟s consensual. To walk into into someone else‟s room without
consent, indecent, is my limit.”
“Are we allowed to say goodbye?” asked Laura.
“No,” said Captain Jason.
Luke then returned to the boat and went into the crew mess with
Captain Jason and told him, “I don‟t really know what happened which
is eating me up a little bit.”
“Last night there were boundaries crossed,” said Captain Jason. “There
was indecency and you went into someone‟s else cabin without
consent.”
“Like I was naked?” asked Luke.
“Yeah,” said Captain Jason. “Unfortunately I‟ve got nothing else but to
terminate your employment.”

19. “I accept that,” said Luke. “I‟m sorry, and I‟m just so disappointed in
my myself.”
Later in the episode, Margot and Laura were cleaning together and a
tearful Laura told Margot, “S — -, I‟m so sad. I can‟t believe Luke is
gone.”
“You‟re sad? I‟m not,” said Margot.
“You‟re not?” said Laura.

20. “No. I mean I‟m bummed about everything that happened,” said
Margot, who then told Laura what happened.
“What would have happened if no one had been there?” Margot asked
Laura. “You know? I don‟t know. I‟m still kind of processing it.”
“Oh poor Luke,” said Laura. “I should have just kept him happy. If he
comes naked in my cabin I‟d be like, „Hello! Yes!‟”
“Yeah you would have loved it,” said Margot.
“But it‟s his fault, he rejected me,” laughed Laura. “If he wouldn‟t have
done that, I would still be with him. I said I would make him regret and
that came true like very big time. It‟s his karma.”
“I‟m just happy that he‟s gone,” said Margot.
“Oh God and then he comes back for his bags and we can‟t be there, we
can‟t say goodbye,” said Laura.
“Like, I don‟t really want to talk to him,” said Margot.
In a confessional, Margot said, “What the f — -? How are you pouting
right now? It‟s all f — -ed up. she‟s f — -ed up I think.”

22. In the laundry, Aesha and Adam then discussed the situation and
Aesha told him that she‟s noticed Laura has been “pretty intense” with
him and wanted to check that he was OK.
“I think she thinks I‟m playing around because I‟m being nice about it,”
said Adam. “I don‟t want to get anyone in trouble or anything like that
but maybe I‟ve got to be more serious.”
“I saw it and it and was like, „I‟ve got your back,‟” said Aesha.
Meanwhile, in a confessional, Laura said that Captain Jason “should
have given him a chance,” in regards to Luke. “It‟s not fair,” said Laura.
“It‟s not deserved, and I don‟t agree with it.”
She also told Margot in the laundry, “I just don‟t think it‟s fair anyways,
I‟m sorry for you, I just think it should be a warning, I don‟t know. I‟m
just sad. I think he just meant it as a joke. He‟s a funny guy, I don‟t
think he meant anything bad. He wouldn‟t rape you or anything.”
“Yeah,” responded Margot.
Laura continued, “He‟s a sexual person, I‟m a sexual person, you‟re a
sexual person. We were joking, that thing was probably like, „Hahah,‟
we all drunk.”
“I don‟t know, said Margot.

23. Laura then pointed a finger at Margot‟s behavior the night before:
“And it‟s not that you said, „No,‟ to him the whole night, like he didn‟t
feel comfortable to come to you. He felt welcomed coming there.”
“I don‟t think so, though,” said Margot. “Aesha said, „Don‟t go in there,‟
over and over again. Said like, „She‟s really drunk leave her alone, don‟t
go in there. She‟s passed out.”
Margot then told Aesha about her and Laura‟s conversation in the
laundry, with Aesha noting that Laura‟s response was “so f — -ing
inappropriate.” Aesha then relayed the conversation to Captain Jason
and also told him how Laura‟s interactions with Adam had been “very

24. inappropriate, borderline sexual harassment”. “He‟s like, „I feel like I‟ve
told her no and she‟s not listening,‟” Aesha said.
The night before, Laura also got into Adam‟s bed and tried to massage
him even though he had told her he didn‟t want her to come into his
cabin and to “watch herself” when they were in the hot tub.
After conversations with both Margot and Adam, Captain Jason then
called Laura into the bridge.
“Two things, one, Adam feels uncomfortable with some moments out
and he‟s tired to say no and you have not listened to him and his
boundaries to be set,” Captain Jason told her. “The second thing is,
after my multiple speeches with the crew about boundaries, about
respect. Did you not go into Margot and say, „Poor Luke, I wish he
would come in and see me.‟
“I actually went to her and said, asked how she‟s‟ feeling and is she
OK,” said Laura.
“She‟s not OK. They‟re not OK,” said Captain Jason. “They feel there‟s a
big disconnect now, and it‟s not want I want part of my team. You‟ve
disrespected exactly what I set out to do.”
“OK, but I understood what you said, I respect it,” said Laura.

25. “You didn‟t show that,” said Captain Jason. “For you to go to Margot
and say that shows you did not listen to a word I said about
boundaries, and it showed little respect and empathy to Margot. I‟m
trying to move forward as a team, I‟m trying to get that behind us and
you‟ve brought it straight back up, so in that I‟m going to terminate
your employment today.”
“Wow,” responded Laura. “But I don‟t think i have done something
wrong that I need to be terminated. Can you give me a warning?”
“No,” said Captain Jason. “I can‟t go on with you as part of the team in
the environment that I‟m trying to set.”
Laura then told Captain Jason she think his decision is a “mistake,”
before going to pack her belongings.
“I really think it was the right call,” Aesha told Captain Jason.
“I feel so much relief, I feel like a weight has been lifted,” Margot said
in a confessional.
Below Deck Down Under airs Mondays at 8 p.m. ET on Bravo and can
be streamed the next day on Peacock.

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