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Walt Disney World visitor claims she was groped by Donald Duck

A Donald Duck photo opportunity at EPCOT Centre.

A Donald Duck photo opportunity at EPCOT Centre.

13 AUG: A woman is suing Disney for $US30,000 claiming she suffered post-traumatic stress disorder after being groped by Donald Duck at the EPCOT Centre at Walt Disney World in Florida.

 

The 27-year-old says in court documents that the worker groped her breast when she sought to have a photograph taken with her children during a visit to the park in May 2008.
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She claims the encounter led to emotional anguish and distress, nightmares and flashbacks.

She says also that local police have received more than 24 similar complaints since 2004.

A Disney spokesman is quoted as saying that it has seen the complaint and will "respond appropriately in court".



 
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News in Brief for 6 February

UK SNOW CHAOS One-third of the flights at London Heathrow were due to be cancelled yesterday amid forecasts of heavy snow. Authorities warned of dangerous driving conditions.

RUN OVER BY JET A Boeing worker was seriously injured Saturday when he was run over by a 787 Dreamliner being towed at the planemaker’s Paine Field airport north of Seattle. The man was initially trapped under right wing landing gear.

SCUBA DEATH A US tourist has died while scuba diving in Grand Cayman in the Caribbean.The 47-year-old woman lost consciousness while ascending from a dive on Saturday. Efforts were made to revive her, but she was declared dead soon after being taken to a hospital.