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Yahoo
29-03-2025
- Yahoo
Disney failed to protect guests from employee taking ‘upskirt' photos, lawsuit alleges
A lawsuit has been filed against Walt Disney Parks and Resorts U.S. Inc. in the latest move regarding a 2023 investigation into a Florida theme park employee accused of taking inappropriate photos of female guests. The lawsuit, filed by a family member of an alleged victim, argues that Disney did not take sufficient action to protect visitors at its Orlando theme parks from former employee Jorge Diaz Vega Jr. Diaz Vega was arrested in 2023 for allegedly filming up the skirts of over 600 female guests while working in the Star Wars section of Disney's Hollywood Studios. Former Disney World Worker Took Hundreds Of 'Upskirt' Videos Of Unsuspecting Women For Years: Police The 18-page lawsuit, filed by the grandparent of an alleged 14-year-old victim, claims that Disney did not "adequately supervise" Diaz Vega after he was reported to a supervisor for photographing or recording a co-worker without consent. "Upon information and belief, Disney employees, agents, servants, and/or apparent agents knew or should have known that [Diaz Vega] had committed similar acts of video voyeurism of guests and co-workers over the six years he was employed by Disney as evidenced by the more than 600 images and videos of unwitting victims on his phone," the lawsuit states. Read On The Fox News App The plaintiff alleges that Disney's choice to continue Diaz Vega's employment following the incident with his co-worker "posed a danger to the public and to the plaintiff's minor grandchild." Former Disney World Employee Out On Bond Arrested For Allegedly Taking Video Up Woman's Dress In 2023, a deputy with the Orange County Sheriff's Office responded to a call from Disney's Hollywood Studios after a woman alerted security that a man dressed in a Star Wars uniform had taken a photo up her granddaughter's dress, but authorities were unable to identify the man. The next day, officers returned to the theme park after Diaz Vega was spotted by a security guard taking "upskirt" videos of a 19-year-old female guest, according to court documents. Diaz Vega was arrested on video voyeurism charges after admitting to recording the videos as a "guilty pleasure," telling police "it is hard to find them online," the affidavit said. He has pleaded not guilty in both cases. The plaintiff is asking the court for a jury trial and over $50,000 in damages. Diaz Vega is facing additional video voyeurism charges in a third case after he was arrested at a Kissimmee Publix while out on bond for the incident at Disney's Hollywood Studios. In June 2023, a shopper allegedly spotted Diaz Vega taking a photo up his wife's dress, shortly before witnessing him doing it to another woman, FOX 35 Orlando reported. According to court documents, when confronted, Diaz Vega said, "I have been fired for this before. Please don't call the police. I promise I will delete the pictures." Representatives for Disney, and the lawyers for both Diaz Vega and the plaintiff, did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital's request for article source: Disney failed to protect guests from employee taking 'upskirt' photos, lawsuit alleges
Fox News
29-03-2025
- Fox News
Disney failed to protect guests from employee taking ‘upskirt' photos, lawsuit alleges
A lawsuit has been filed against Walt Disney Parks and Resorts U.S. Inc. in the latest move regarding a 2023 investigation into a Florida theme park employee accused of taking inappropriate photos of female guests. The lawsuit, filed by a family member of an alleged victim, argues that Disney did not take sufficient action to protect visitors at its Orlando theme parks from former employee Jorge Diaz Vega Jr. Diaz Vega was arrested in 2023 for allegedly filming up the skirts of over 600 female guests while working in the Star Wars section of Disney's Hollywood Studios. The 18-page lawsuit, filed by the grandparent of an alleged 14-year-old victim, claims that Disney did not "adequately supervise" Diaz Vega after he was reported to a supervisor for photographing or recording a co-worker without consent. "Upon information and belief, Disney employees, agents, servants, and/or apparent agents knew or should have known that [Diaz Vega] had committed similar acts of video voyeurism of guests and co-workers over the six years he was employed by Disney as evidenced by the more than 600 images and videos of unwitting victims on his phone," the lawsuit states. The plaintiff alleges that Disney's choice to continue Diaz Vega's employment following the incident with his co-worker "posed a danger to the public and to the plaintiff's minor grandchild." In 2023, a deputy with the Orange County Sheriff's Office responded to a call from Disney's Hollywood Studios after a woman alerted security that a man dressed in a Star Wars uniform had taken a photo up her granddaughter's dress, but authorities were unable to identify the man. The next day, officers returned to the theme park after Diaz Vega was spotted by a security guard taking "upskirt" videos of a 19-year-old female guest, according to court documents. Diaz Vega was arrested on video voyeurism charges after admitting to recording the videos as a "guilty pleasure," telling police "it is hard to find them online," the affidavit said. He has pleaded not guilty in both cases. The plaintiff is asking the court for a jury trial and over $50,000 in damages. Diaz Vega is facing additional video voyeurism charges in a third case after he was arrested at a Kissimmee Publix while out on bond for the incident at Disney's Hollywood Studios. In June 2023, a shopper allegedly spotted Diaz Vega taking a photo up his wife's dress, shortly before witnessing him doing it to another woman, FOX 35 Orlando reported. According to court documents, when confronted, Diaz Vega said, "I have been fired for this before. Please don't call the police. I promise I will delete the pictures." Representatives for Disney, and the lawyers for both Diaz Vega and the plaintiff, did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital's request for comment.
CBS News
27-03-2025
- Entertainment
- CBS News
Michigan family sues Disney theme parks, alleges ex-employee filmed up teen girl's dress in Florida
A Michigan family has filed a lawsuit against Walt Disney Parks and Resorts U.S. Inc. of Florida and a former employee, who is accused of filming up the dress of an underage female guest and, according to investigators, had hundreds of similar photos and videos on his phone. The lawsuit claims the minor was a resident of Commerce Township, Michigan, when the alleged incident happened on March 30, 2023, during a family visit to Disney's Hollywood Studios Theme Park in Orlando, Florida. The family is seeking damages of at least $50,000 in the case filed on March 21 in Orange County, Florida, in the Ninth Judicial Circuit Court. The employee named in the case is Jorge Diaz Vega, 28, of Kissimmee, Florida. The lawsuit claims that Diaz Vega, who worked at Disney's Hollywood Studios Theme Park in Orlando, was in his Disney employee uniform when he approached the underage girl at a "Star Wars"-themed retail store. She was visiting the park that day with a sibling and a grandparent. Diaz Vega allegedly picked up a toy to show the girl and sibling how to use it, and was holding another toy in his armpit, "which he intentionally dropped on the floor." The suit says Diaz Vega then "bent down to pick up the toy he had intentionally dropped and in doing so he reached his arm under the dress of the plaintiff's minor grandchild while holding an electronic recording device with the lens facing upward and he took photographic and/or videographic images up the dress of the plaintiff's minor grandchild without the child's knowledge or consent." Upon realizing that she was filmed or photographed, "the plaintiff's minor grandchild began hysterically crying and screaming, and the child ran into a nearby restroom and began dry-heaving, vomiting and suffered a panic attack," the lawsuit states. In response to the situation, the lawsuit claimed, the adult relative notified Disney security, who then contacted the Orange County Sheriff's Office. The lawsuit claims that Disney, through its employees or agents, "knew or should have known" that Diaz Vega had a history of similar acts of voyeurism over the six years he worked for the company, citing hundreds of images and videos that investigators say were found on his phone. According to a March 31, 2023, criminal complaint filed in Orange County, Diaz Vega "admitted he has been taking videos up the dresses/skirts of unknown females in the Disney World theme parks for approximately six years," adding he "estimated he had over 500 videos on his phone." According to the criminal complaint, he specifically admitted to investigators that he took videos of multiple females on March 31, 2023. One of those individuals was an 18-year-old woman who learned from a security officer that she might have been a witness or victim of such activity. Court records show Diaz Vega was booked in August 2023 in Orange County, Florida, on multiple counts, including video voyeurism under or through clothes with a victim younger than 19. He has pleaded not guilty. His lawyer is seeking a competency hearing. CBS News Detroit has reached out to the family's attorney for comment.
Yahoo
25-03-2025
- Yahoo
Disney faces lawsuit in 2023 upskirt investigation of former employee
Legal action is being taken against Disney World regarding the former employee accused of taking a video up a girl's dress. We first told you in 2023, when Jorge Diaz Vega was charged with voyeurism and admitted to investigators that he took multiple videos up women's skirts while working at the theme park. A new 18-page lawsuit claims Disney World should have known Jorge Diaz Vega was unfit for his position and posed a risk for park guests and employees. The lawsuit says the park should have been aware of evidence uncovered by investigators that included 'more than 600 images and videos of unwitting victims on his phone.' Criminal Attorney Jose Rivas explains why the lawsuit has ground. 'All they have to prove is that the individual was working during the term of employment, they committed this act, and Disney had a duty to investigate him. There's a prior act. In this case, they should have known, fired, or kept him under supervision. By allowing him to work, they were negligent, and for that, they'll be held liable,' said Rivas. Court documents reveal the victim in the lawsuit was 14 years old at the time of the March 2023 incident. She told her grandmother Diaz Vega 'bent over to pick up a toy and used his cellphone to take a picture under her dress while at the Star Wars' Galaxy Edge marketplace. Both an Orange County Sheriff's Office affidavit and the lawsuit say Diaz Vega's recording history involved park employees. Court documents state he was caught recording a female employee at Disney's Animal Kingdom— before the incident involving the minor. Diaz Vega admitted to taking videos and even showed investigators some of what he took. The affidavit says he said, 'Taking the videos was a guilty pleasure.' He told them he had been doing it for six years, the duration of his employment at the park. 'This is a perfect case where you have to be aware of your surroundings. This particular case you have a person in uniform who is trying to record a minor, had it not been for this individual seeing this, who know how many more times it occurred,' said Rivas. During an interview with deputies, Diaz Vega wrote an apology letter to his victims. He also shared why he committed the act. He told investigators that when he was little and living in Puerto Rico, a female clown placed him under her dress. Diaz Vega remains in the Orange County Jail. He's set for a competency hearing in May. WFTV has reached out to attorneys on both sides and Disney for comment but haven't heard back. Click here to download our free news, weather and smart TV apps. And click here to stream Channel 9 Eyewitness News live.
