Crime & Safety
Vikings ‘Love Boat’ to Sail the Iowa Great Lakes
An Okoboji, IA, marina has refurbished the boat and plans to use it for dinner cruises, weddings and more.
The infamous Vikings “Love Boat” has sailed into a new harbor.
The Dickinson County News reported Wednesday that The Parks Marina and Okoboji Boat Works in Okoboji, IA, has refurbished the 1994 SkipperLiner houseboat and will cruise it on the Iowa Great Lakes this summer.
The marina plans to use the boat for dinner cruises, weddings and more, according to the Spirit Lake, IA, paper.
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The so-called Love Boat scandal broke Oct. 6, 2005 when a woman reported that seven people had urinated in her yard. Investigators later alleged that 17 Vikings players—including Daunte Culpepper, Bryant McKinne, Fred Smoot and Moe Williams—were on a boat in which players engaged in public sexual activity with women on the ship while crusing Lake Minnetonka.
Only Culpepper, McKinne, Smoot and Williams were charged. Charges against Culpepper were dropped. Williams was found guilty on a count of disorderly conduct. Fred Smoot and Bryant McKinnie pleaded guilty to misdemeanor disorderly conduct.
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