Jennifer Hagel on Oprah 1/18

[LightHeart]

I'm not a big fan of Oprahs but I will be watching today, I can't wait to hear Jennifers side.

[Tersi]

Thanks for the heads up!

[vervilledeb1]

I'm not a big fan of Oprahs but I will be watching today, I can't wait to hear Jennifers side.

I wasn't able to view this. Did anybody get the story?

[LightHeart]

I watched it, when they questioned her why she can't remember alot, such as the fight she had with him and passing out, she said that she didn't remember drinking that much. They also had a woman on who was in the casino with Jennifer and she said Jen didn't appear drunk. It sounds like she might have been drugged.

She went on to say how upset she was that the ship didn't stay in port to investigate more. Not a whole lot of new things came out. She did say she took a lie detector test and passed.

Hope that helps some, I was trying to watch it and work at the same time, so I am sure I missed some of it.

[Tersi]

I watched this yesterday and came away with the same impressions you did. The other woman passenger who was on said that Jennifer was fine and did not appear to be the least bit drunk at approximately 2:30 AM. That's only two hours before Jennifer was found passed out in the hallway by maintenance. If it's true that she doesn't remember anything, my bet is she was drugged. It's very easy to do and the drugs are readily available, and they cause amnesia to one degree or another. One thing most people don't realize about these types of drugs are that they don't necissarily knock you unconscious. You can be awake, walking, etc. yet you are not yourself either. It's very easy to control someone once they have been drugged like this, as they are like zombies. If she was slipped one of these drugs she'll probably never regain any memories, although it is possible to recover some memories even years later.

It's too bad the cruise ship didn't call in the FBI immediately instead of relying on the Turkish authorities to process the scene. I have my doubts that this case will ever be resolved at this late date.

Here is a link about the types of drugs that most likely would have been used. One other drug not on this list is disulfiram, also known as antabuse.

http://www.gmu.edu/facstaff/sexual/DrugSA.htm