‘Below Deck Down Under’ captain Jason talks about termination of Luke Jones, Laura Bileskalne

Captain Jason Chambers of Below Deck Down Under has openly discussed the termination of crew members Luke Jones and Laura Bileskalne following two instances of sexual misconduct.

On Wednesday, Jason posted a video on Instagram and hoped that the duo were on a “journey to better themselves” after getting fired.

The yacht caption said, “Hi everybody, I'm sure you're digesting episode six and seven as I am. I've had a flood of messages over the last 24 hours from people in similar situations, some not so lucky of the outcome, so my heart goes out to them.”

“I like to thank the production team for breaking the fourth wall, and stepping in. Then reforming and allowing Aesha [Scott] to come to me in an authentic manner and us dealing with it as we would as captain and crew,” the 50-year-old man continued.

Jason admitted in the clip that he does not know what goes on when crew go out, he is not told.

“If it’s inadequate behavior, production would inform me. But unless a crew member complains of anything — like Adam — I wouldn’t know. And as soon as Aesha brought it to my attention, I addressed it straight away.”

He concluded, “Look this happened over a year ago and again I’ll stress the people involved are all, hopefully, on a better journey to better themselves.”

Jason fired Jones after he entered stewardess Margot Sisson’s bed naked while she was asleep, without her “consent”.

Laura Bileskalne, former second stew of the ship, was also fired due to her inappropriate response to the incident and her behavior towards Adam Kodra, a deckhand of the yatch. Aesha Scott later described Bileskalne's actions as “borderline sexual harassment.”