The family who were involved in a violent cruise ship brawl first got into a row over a flipflop days before they were asked to exit, information technology has been claimed.

The family are said to have been caught up in several arguments over the course of the 10-day trip on board Carnival Fable that somewhen saw several members booted off.

Videos emerged last week of members of the extended family unit, said to be the Barkho family, fight with security staff and shove fellow passengers, obtained by 3AW .

According to news.com.au the group from Melbourne, Australia, first got into a scuffle with a group of men after one of them stepped on a flipflop.

The arguments on the ship allegedly kickoff started over a flipflop (

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The group got in a scuffle with security staff at the transport's nightclub (

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Later on that a lot of pushing and shoving betwixt the groups followed.

Another disharmonism was then captured later on on between the family and security staff on the ship .

Footage shows the family brawling with Funfair Legend officers dressed in white uniforms.

They tin can be seen pulling each other around the corridors - with several of them ending upward encarmine and hobbling.

After the incident police said six men and three teen boys were taken off the send.

And a further 14 passengers voluntarily left too on Friday besides.

No one was charged during the incident which allegedly started subsequently a woman claimed she was assaulted by staff.

Due to that the violence escalated and some of the family members needed to be treated in the ship's medical fly for cuts.

Other passengers also claim they were looking for fights with passengers likewise (

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After the brawl several members of the family unit had to exist treated for cuts and bruises (

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Michael Zakhour has been identified every bit being at the center of the brawl.

According to MailOnline, in a Facebook mail afterward the incident he branded the security guards "low life scum" and claimed nearly 15 of them "kicked me in the head with steel cap boots".

He as well said he was stomped on.

He is now threatening to accept the cruise line to court over the incident.

The family member known as Zac said the trouble showtime started with a group over a flipflop and said his family were being unfairly targeted.

He claimed he spent the nighttime locked in his cabin before being thrown off the transport and said: "This is all over a thong (flipflop), not a foot, a thong being stepped on and being instantly apologised for."

Other passengers said the family had turned the holiday into a cruise from hell with one adult female telling 3AW people were "walking effectually with cut heads and easily and bandages everywhere".

Lisa Bolitho said her son Jarrah had been targeted by the family and slammed the management of the ship for assuasive the violence to escalate.

She told ABC News : "They deserved everything they got - they were the aggressors.

"The captain said 'What exercise you desire me to do about it - throw them overboard?'

"We dropped them off just that was after 3 days of violence."

Her son added: "I was watching the fight and one guy came up to me and said 'Do you want to get besides bro?'

Michael Zakhour was seen to exist at the centre of the brawl (

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"My mum had to drag me away from it all. They were trying to choice on whatever Aussie they could notice."

Some other person commented on the cruise line's Facebook page saying: "It was the vacation from hell."

A spokesman for Funfair cruises said: "An investigation into all aspects of the Funfair Legend cruise is currently being conducted and our intention is to allow it to run its course without further comment awaiting its completion."

Just speaking to MailOnline , family man of affairs David Barkho, whose son George was on board, said: "It'south all lies. Zero of what is being said is true. It'due south all in the easily of our legal squad."

There is no proffer which members of the Barkho family were involved in the ball.

Passengers have been offered a 25% refund simply some take said the offering is "unacceptable".