Because if it did not happen exactly the way the OP wrote it - and he has the ability to prove it, he might get himself in real trouble that way. I do not know

Because if it did not happen exactly the way the OP wrote it - and he has the ability to prove it, he might get himself in real trouble that way. I do not know the US law in that case, but in Germany, the captain then could go to court on terms of "wrong accusation" and the OP would have to prove his accusations.