Disney failed to protect guests from employee taking ‘upskirt’ photos, lawsuit alleges

A suit has been filed against Walt Disney Parks and Resorts U.S. Inc. successful the latest determination regarding a 2023 probe into a Florida taxable parkland worker accused of taking inappropriate photos of pistillate guests. 

The lawsuit, filed by a household subordinate of an alleged victim, argues that Disney did not instrumentality capable enactment to support visitors astatine its Orlando taxable parks from erstwhile worker Jorge Diaz Vega Jr. 

Diaz Vega was arrested successful 2023 for allegedly filming up the skirts of implicit 600 pistillate guests portion moving successful the Star Wars conception of Disney’s Hollywood Studios. 

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Jorge Diaz Vega is accused of taking hundreds of "upskirt" photos of guests portion moving astatine Walt Disney World successful 2023.  (Orange County Sheriff's Office )

The 18-page lawsuit, filed by the grandparent of an alleged 14-year-old victim, claims that Disney did not "adequately supervise" Diaz Vega aft helium was reported to a supervisor for photographing oregon signaling a co-worker without consent. 

"Upon accusation and belief, Disney employees, agents, servants, and/or evident agents knew oregon should person known that [Diaz Vega] had committed akin acts of video voyeurism of guests and co-workers implicit the six years helium was employed by Disney arsenic evidenced by the much than 600 images and videos of unwitting victims connected his phone," the suit states. 

The plaintiff alleges that Disney’s prime to proceed Diaz Vega’s employment pursuing the incidental with his co-worker "posed a information to the nationalist and to the plaintiff’s insignificant grandchild." 

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The suit alleges that Disney did not "adequately supervise" Diaz Vega portion helium was moving astatine the company's Orlando taxable park.  (iStock)

In 2023, a lawman with the Orange County Sheriff’s Office responded to a telephone from Disney’s Hollywood Studios aft a pistillate alerted information that a antheral dressed successful a Star Wars azygous had taken a photograph up her granddaughter’s dress, but authorities were incapable to place the man. 

The adjacent day, officers returned to the taxable parkland aft Diaz Vega was spotted by a information defender taking "upskirt" videos of a 19-year-old pistillate guest, according to tribunal documents. 

Diaz Vega was arrested connected video voyeurism charges aft admitting to signaling the videos arsenic a "guilty pleasure," telling constabulary "it is hard to find them online," the affidavit said. He has pleaded not blameworthy successful some cases. 

The plaintiff is asking the tribunal for a assemblage proceedings and implicit $50,000 successful damages. 

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Diaz Vega is facing further video voyeurism charges successful a 3rd lawsuit aft helium was arrested astatine a Kissimmee Publix portion retired connected enslaved for the incidental astatine Disney’s Hollywood Studios. In June 2023, a shopper allegedly spotted Diaz Vega taking a photograph up his wife’s dress, soon earlier witnessing him doing it to different woman, FOX 35 Orlando reported. 

According to tribunal documents, erstwhile confronted, Diaz Vega said, "I person been fired for this before. Please don’t telephone the police. I committedness I volition delete the pictures." 

Representatives for Disney, and the lawyers for some Diaz Vega and the plaintiff, did not instantly respond to Fox News Digital’s petition for comment.