Security footage captures death of Taime Downe’s fiancée

Author Benedetta Baldin - 11.3.2025

Security footage showing Kimberly Burch, the fiancée of Faster Pussycat vocalist Taime Downe, plunging overboard from the Royal Caribbean ship Explorer of The Seas on the first day of this year’s The 80s Cruise has surfaced, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Whether Burch, who had been dating Downe for almost ten years, fell or jumped is unknown. The Hollywood Reporter claims that because the Explorer of the Seas is registered in the Bahamas, the Nassau police arrived on board to investigate the matter and later exonerated Downe of any misconduct. Former MTV “Headbangers Ball” host Riki Rachtman, who claims to have known Downe for 38 years, took to Facebook Live on March 7th to chastise people on social media for their conjectures of what transpired that evening off the Bahamas. In the days after the tragedy, he kept in contact with his “best friend” Taime.

I know that I would not the career that I have now if it wasn’t for Taime Downe. I also know Kimberly Burch because I’ve been with Taime and Kimberly many, many, many times, to the point — I mean, Kimberly and Taime have been at my house many times. Kimberly and Taime have always had a very toxic relationship. They have been fighting a lot. They have always fought a lot. A lot of it had to with drugs and alcohol. Taime loved Kimberly very, very much, and Kimberly loved Taime very, very much. However, they fought all the time. That is the true story.