A Florida man is accused of drugging and raping a young female employee aboard his yacht in Nantucket Harbor, just hours after his wife and toddler son left the upscale Massachusetts island, according to authorities.
Christian Bradley Williams, 54, was arraigned Friday in connection with the alleged Aug. 9 sexual assault of a 22-year-old woman on his boat, shortly after his wife, 2-year-old son and nanny returned to Florida, according to a police report obtained by the Nantucket Current.
The woman, whose name has not been released publicly, had started working in June as a deckhand aboard Williams’ yacht, the “Chimera,” through Nantucket Launch Company.
After his family left the vessel, Williams allegedly asked the employee at about 4:15 p.m. “to put on a dress” because he wanted “to go somewhere nice,” the police report states.
The woman told investigators that when Williams saw her wearing the dress, he said, “Wow, you look amazing,” a comment that made her begin to feel something was wrong, according to the report.
Williams allegedly told her he “didn’t want [his wife] knowing they were going out to dinner” and later remarked that he had always “wanted to make a move” on one of his wife’s friends, the report said.
During the evening, Williams allegedly made a series of inappropriate comments, including “Hey sweety” and “You’re my sugar mommy tonight,” while also saying the woman’s boyfriend — who had already left the island for the summer — was “stupid for not locking you down, you’re so beautiful.”
By around 8 p.m., the employee told police “she began to get really nervous regarding Christian” and said, “I want to go back now,” according to the report. Williams then allegedly urged her to put her own card down for the restaurant bill, telling her, “I don’t want [my wife] seeing my transaction.”
After departing the restaurant, Williams withdrew $500 in cash and gave it to the employee despite the check being only $250, according to the report.
Williams tried to persuade the woman to go out for another drink, but she said she wanted to go back to the boat, where she had been staying during her employment.
Once they were back on the boat, the woman told Williams she was going to bed at around 8:30 p.m., but he became “very persistent” that they have one more drink together.
Williams allegedly made a rum drink and then they went upstairs, by which point the 22-year-old reiterated that she didn’t want to be anywhere near him.
The woman told police that after drinking the rum beverage, she became very dizzy and lost her vision and noted that she only had one alcoholic drink at the restaurant, which was her second drink of the day.
She said Williams was then on top of her with his full body weight before sexually assaulting her, the report states.
During the alleged assault, the woman told police she said, “I’m your employee, please get off me,” while he was forcefully holding her down.
The sicko then took the young employee to his bed and she passed out as soon as her head hit the pillow, the report said.
When she woke up, the woman noticed evidence of sexual assault on her body and later told her employer and owner of the Nantucket Launch Company, Max Shapiro, that she was “naked and bleeding” in Williams’ bed, the report said.
After being picked up by a launch captain and returning to the dock, the woman allegedly said to Shapiro, “You set me up with this housing,” to which she said he replied, “Why are you telling me this? Get to work, are you clocked in?” according to the police report.
The company owner reportedly later told the woman to “clock out and go home,” but she said she was quitting.
Shapiro denied his employee’s retelling of their conversation.
“The recap of the conversation on the dock is not at all accurate,” he said in a statement to The Post. “I know there is an active police investigation, and we are supporting the investigation in every way possible. I am not going to comment any further out of respect and concern to [the victim] and the investigation.”
After quitting, the woman then walked away from the dock crying and told her father on the phone, “something bad just happened on the boat. I was assaulted. I need you to pick me up,” the report said.
The victim then walked to Nantucket Cottage Hospital and underwent a sexual assault examination, which was completed around 10 a.m.
Several weeks later, the hospital examination came back from the Massachusetts State Police forensics laboratory on Sept. 1 “positive for male DNA,” according to the police report.
Williams was later “located and placed under arrest,” the report said, without providing the specific date he was nabbed.
The Florida native was charged with three counts of rape and indecent assault and battery on a person over the age of 14 stemming from the alleged rape on Aug. 9, the Nantucket Current reported.
Williams — who has ties to the US Navy and previously was the commander of the USS Springfield submarine, according to Facebook photos and posts — was arraigned on Friday and pleaded not guilty to the charges.
He was being held on $50,000 cash bail or $500,000 surety, but his attorney Tom Kokonowski said during a hearing on Tuesday that he expects Williams to post the bail and that his wife was bringing it to Nantucket.
The Post reached out to the Nantucket Police Department and Williams but did not immediately receive a response.
