This is the second time that an ocean tragedy has wrecked Domnica Cemortan’s life. She was only eight years old when her father drowned while swimming in the Black Sea during a family holiday in Ukraine. Domnica grew up with her elder brother and their mother Vera, a doctor, in Chisinau, the capital of Moldova. She trained as a dancer, winning scholarships to study first in Romania and then France, where she lived from … Read entire article »

Moldovan blonde girl, Domnica Cemortan gives a newspaper interview Sunday “to set the record straight” about her relationship with the doomed ship’s captain Francesco Schettino. Domnica Cemortan said she was dining and wining with Captain Francesco Schettino on the bridge of the Costa Concordia before the ship struck rocks close to Isola del Giglio, The Mail on Sunday reported. The Mail on Sunday also reported it was possible that the captain may have been trying to impress … Read entire article »

Domnica Cemortan, 25, and Schettino, 52, are pictured at a restaurant table sharing fresh oysters and crabs during a stop over on a previous cruise, little more than four weeks before the collision of Costa Concordia, close to Isola del Giglio. Pictured at a table groaning under the weight of fresh oysters and grabs, Schettino was with Domnica, the Moldovan former dancer seen dining and wining with the Captain also before the disaster of Costa Concordia … Read entire article »