One dad won’t be experiencing the magic of Disney World ever again.
After allegedly yelling and grabbing a staffer, Diego Rodriguez was banned from the theme park for good, according to an arrest affidavit obtained by Oxygen.com.
Plus, he was charged with battery and booked into the Orange County Jail in Florida, according to court records obtained by Oxygen.com.
Rodriguez pleaded not guilty, per court records. His attorney did not immediately respond to a request for comment from Oxygen.com.
On April 21, a performer dressed as Encanto’s Mirabel noticed a family of four following her around the park while shouting her name, according to the affidavit.
The family “kept persisting to meet her,” she said in the affidavit according to police, and wouldn't listen to repeated instructions to wait until she was ready.
Soon, the mother started waving an autograph book in her face and the child ran up to her, interrupting her time with other guests, per the affidavit.
At one point, according to the affidavit, Rodriguez “forcibly grabbed” the assistant and shook her while asking why his child couldn’t meet her.
Then, Rodriguez shouted—according to a witness in the docs—"Why [can] everyone take a picture but us?”
Because she’s unable to defend herself in character, she asked a colleague to step in to assist. Shortly after, management escorted the family to the Epcot Center Security Office to speak to police. Now, as the assistant told police, she plans to press charges.
As a result, Rodriguez is banned from Walt Disney World according to the affidavit, “never to return.”
A spokesperson for Disney World did not immediately respond to a request for comment from Oxygen.com.
