Exclusive | Three Bayesian superyacht crew officially under criminal suspicion as divers start to recover vessel from the sea bed

Three crew members of the Bayesian superyacht are now officially under investigation for crimes including negligence, recklessness and failing to save the ship from an oncoming storm, according to Italian prosecutors.Captain James Cutfield, chief engineer Timothy Parker Eaton and deckhand Matthew Griffiths are in line to face criminal charges, according to the public prosecutor of Termini Imerese in Sicily, close to where the yacht sunk amid a severe storm.The potential charges were set out as rescue workers strive to raise the vessel, currently 50m below the surface, off the coast of Porticello.Allegedly, “through negligence consisting of malpractice, recklessness and inexperience,” Griffiths, who was on the night watch at the time, “did not realize … that the boat had taken on water,” according to the prosecutor’s decree, obtained exclusively by The Post.Griffiths and Eaton, allegedly did not “promptly warn” Captain Cutfield or “take measures to deal with the emergency,” while Cutfield, did not notify passengers that there was “the danger of impending shipwreck.” according to the decree.There were 10 crew members and 12 guests onboard the ‘unsinkable’ ship – seven of whom died when it rapidly plunged to the bottom of the sea on the night of August 19, 2024, during a freak storm.Human error as well as the violent storm contributed to the sinking of the $37-million luxury craft, which took less than 16 minutes, according to authorities.However, no criminal charges will be formally made until the ship has been raised and its hull investigated, according to police.Manslaughter charges also remain on the table, prosecutors have previously warned.Mario Belavista, attorney for Recaldo Thomas, the yacht’s cook, who drowned, maintains the only way for water to have come into the boat would’ve been through an open hatch.“I know that the defense claims they were closed, but there is no [evidence] to confirm that they remained closed as th...