People have entirely too much free time on their hands. Especially lawyers.
Event happened two years ago. Only gets reported now...via lawsuit.
Evidence? Doesn't appear to be any. At least no one is saying "there's photographs" or video. Even in 2008 cellphone cameras had video capability, and let's face it, people walk around Disneyworld with camcorders all the time. I'm not saying security tapes from two years ago still exist, but Disney is simply lousy with security cameras, isn't it? Are there any eyewitnesses?
Police report? Never even bothered to call the cops, or alert Disney security...to a sexual assault?
And only asking for 50k? Is that an indication that your case is weak? I should think that if you could definitively prove that Walt Disney hired sexual predators to molest the guests, you'd be asking for millions, wouldn't you? Fifty grand doesn't even begin to cover the legal bills, I should think.
I have no evidence to say this did or didn't happen, but I'm calling bullshit on it. Just an opinion, but it just doesn't pass the smell test. I think this is a woman who is either a bald-faced liar, or someone who might be trying to pass a probably-innocent, or easy-to-manipulate/misunderstand happenstance into a personal gain.
But, there was a Disney employee convicted of doing just this sort of thing, and 24 other complaints in the last 6 years (if you ran a business and got only 24 complaints about ANYTHING -- let alone alleged sexual abuse -- over a six year span, you should be congratulated for your exemplary performance), and so the only possible route this suit can go (to my untrained legal mind)is to try to convince a judge that a) there's a pattern of such behavior, which constitutes a threat to public safety, and b) that Disney was aware of such threats,and did nothing to protect the general public from sexual predators in costumes.
Get that to a judge stupid enough to pass that onto a jury full of people too stupid to get out of jury duty, and you just might have yourself a payday...or force a settlement.
I also have to take issue with the assertion that the plaintiff suffered Post-Traumatic Stress Syndrome from having been allegedly groped. I have suffered from PTSD for a very long time, but that was only because I managed by mere seconds to have exited a building about to be hit by a hijacked 757 which flew directly over my fucking head. There are men and women returning from overseas service who have lost limbs, friends, and have seen things no human being should who will suffer horribly because of it.
Trust me, your "He grabbed my tit and I had a nightmare about it" routine doesn't even come close to being PTSD. Whatever "Mental Health Professional" made that diagnosis should have her (it's probably a Her) license stripped, and be horsewhipped in the public square. When a serious mental health condition like PTSD is (allegedly) abused and probably misrepresented in this way, you hurt everyone who really does suffer from the effects of this terrible syndrome.
Then there are the genuine victims of sexual attacks to think about. How do you think a probably-bullshit suit like this makes actual rape victims feel? How many legitimate attacks will go unreported, or not taken seriously, because this womanmightbe yetone more exampleofsomeone exploiting the legal system with a false allegation?
Perhaps she should be horsewhipped in the public square, too. I've seen a (really bad) picture of this woman, and I wouldn't grope her if she paid me to.
UPDATE: Read the comments in this article from the Daily Mail. People seem to think the Plaintiff is full of shit.
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