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Grope Claim Against Donald Duck

Woman charges beloved Disney character got handsy

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Donald Duck Complaint

AUGUST 10--While visiting Epcot Center in Florida, a Pennsylvania woman alleges that a Disney employee dressed as Donald Duck grabbed her breast and molested her after she sought an autograph.

After the alleged groping, Donald Duck made gestures--apparently with his snowy white hands—“indicating he had done something wrong,” according to a lawsuit filed last month by April Magolon. The Upper Darby woman, 27, was visiting Epcot with her children and fiancé in May 2008 when the incident reportedly occurred.

Magolon, pictured at right, is suing Disney for negligence, battery, and infliction of emotional distress, and is seeking in excess of $50,000 in damages. The entertainment giant has petitioned to have the lawsuit, which was filed in Pennsylvania’s Court of Common Pleas, transferred to federal court in Philadelphia.

According to Magolon’s complaint, she has suffered “severe physical injury, emotional anguish and distress including, but not limited to post-traumatic stress disorder” as a result of the run-in with Donald Duck. She also contends that the incident was “one of a long line of continuing, long standing, similar prior incidents” involving the groping of patrons by costumed Disney employees. (4 pages)

Comments (105)

If my English and grammar were as poor as yours, I definitely wouldn't be bragging about a 4.0 GPA. Your brain is on display when you write, and you've pretty much shown us all what's inside yours. You should flip the lid down, now.
Ur all stupid, she will win!
IF YOU DONT HAVE PERMISSION DO NOT TOUCH THE BOOBIES! LMAO CASE CLOSED.
Hey! Donald just ducked up!
IF YOU DONT HAVE PERMISSION DO NOT TOUCH THE BOOBIES! LMAO CASE CLOSED.
I was fully (skin to skin contact) molested for months by a family member when I was 9 years old, it caused all those problems in me until I was 21. I should have sought cousneling for it. I know that the symptoms they described occur from trama that I had experienced. I couldn't be near(let alone be "alone") a person of the opposite sex without having a near panic attack. It does not affect my ability to hold down a job now, it doesn't affect me as a person now. I have gotten over it, her encounter, while disgusting as it was, is nearly nothing amd would not cause the symptoms she is describing!!! If I was her, Donald would have gotten punched as I don't stand for anyone but my hubby (there are days not even he can touch me) to touch me like that at all, as a direct result of my victimization. The trama she is claiming is ridiculous and quite frankly, a slap in the face of real victims. Did I sue the family child molestor for my trama? nope. Disney has deep pockets and she is the typical parasite looking for a host to live off of. Proverbs warns about people like her.
Jeff you're not too bright. Everyone is different. Looks like you just found a way to try and get a little attention!
Just another easy money-grab courtesy of the trial lawyers and paid for by you and me.
Strange, I had s similar situation at EPCOT (Mexico Pavilion) back in 1996. I was posing with my son and Donald, and I was getting strange rubs and squeezes from him. my skin still crawls...
As Mr. D. Duck's attorney he has authorized me to release his statement concerning these scandalous charges. "Quack quack, quack quack quack, quack!"
Donald , I'm SO disappointed in you . Keep your wings to yourself from now on .
Donald should countersue, I'm sure touching a pig has traumatized him for life.
http://www.delcotimes.com/articles/2010/08/12/news/doc4c635a8bcfbcf54370...
It seems keeptalkingboutme is the clueless one The article says "according to a lawsuit filed last month by April Magolon" Last month isnt two years ago. Apparently this woman did wait two years to file. Learn to read.
Right because the media only writes the truth...
wow
This is quacking hilarious!
With four pages of comments, not a single one supports this jackwagon. Worked at Walt Disney World for 11 years, 6 years in the Magic Kingdom. Worked in close quarters with the Zoo Crew. Have been in costume for Management Development days. The costumes are very hot, very padded, very hard to see out of. Every time you see a character "on stage" you will see several cast members in blue blazers with them. They are characters out of costume there to protect and make it a safe event for the guests and the cast members. Trying to get a jolly out of touching a person inappropriately while in costume is like trying to feel a pea through a stack of mattress's. You can not see, feel, or manuver with out the help of other members of the Zoo Crew being with you. Besides if Donald wanted to hang out with a pig, he has three little ones he could play with. WDW takes this kind of thing serious and would have taken swift and severe action if this had been reported. Their public image is their greatest treasure and they would never allow this kind of thing to happen and take great pains to maintain a safe, secure stage to perform on. Quack on Donald, I'll buy you a salad at Fantasyland Dining Room.
Reminds me of another case involving Disney characters that was a complete misunderstanding, when Mickey filed for a divorce from Minnie. After hearing the complaint from Micky the judge told him that he could not divorce Minnie simply because she was silly. Mickey told told the judge he didn't want to divorce MInnie because she was silly, he wanted a divorce because she was f**cking Goofy!
I always figured Donald for an azz man.
First of all, Donald is usually a woman because it's very difficult to find a man small enough to fit into the costume. It's also very hard to see or feel anything in that costume Second, This woman is very obviously qwackers! Even Donald could find someone better looking this this pig to grope. Not only that, but he would have to stand on his tippy toes to get up to her breasts. Third, you would think they would at least cite a case where the people won against the defendant. I hope this hog looses her case and the judge makes her pay for Disney's legal fees. This is why Disney has to raise their prices. Everybody thank Ms Magolon for contributing to higher prices at DIsney. Thanks, hog lady!
First of all why would it matter what sex Donald was... a woman can grope another woman just like a man can. Have you ever heard of a lady loving?Second: Is this girl 6 feet tall... I for one am 5ft tall and these characters are taller than me. Third: Now this i have to agree with you, if your gonna cite a case it should be one that would make your case stronger. But if you followed the man after the case you would find out that he could not get his job back as Tigger even tho WDW did hire him back, and that some of his own coworkers accused him of sexually harassing them after his acquittal. Looks like his lawyer did a great job spinning the focus away from the actual crime and making the world focus on the money hungry mother. Please people get all the fact before you go on tandems. Its crazy that the victim is the one getting attacked !
You do know that most women don't look like those anorexic supermodels that are the mainstay of the fashion industry these days, don't you? edit: was replying to the guy who thought she was ugly and as a result couldn't possibly have been groped.
Okay, it only took her 2 years to come forward? Had she complained to Disney previously? The reason I ask is she cites injury. She'll have an extremely hard time if she failed to bring this to Disney's attention on the day this happened. And then she mentions the case of Michael Chartran, the Tigger groping case from years ago. He was aquitted, I'm not sure if it was a smart idea to reference cases that we're essentially dropped how does that help this woman? I'd say she's a few bricks short of a full load.
I want a divorce!
i didn't think ducks were attracted to hogs
As the attorney in the Tigger case, I can tell you that this attorney will make the same mistake as the prosecutor did in Michael's case. Reading the complaint it's obvious that he has no clue how things work as a character. Also, the complaint fails to mention that all the civil cases filed after the Tigger trial were dropped. Their attorney obviously based his complaint on news articles without doing much follow up. I'm also licensed in Pa. Disney should probably give me a call.
Well what can you say, Donald is pantless after all.
unlike Clinton with the blue dress problem.. there was orange sauce all over everything... I think I need a towel
Obviously never saw 'Howard the Duck.' Worked at Disneyland a million years ago. The 'characters' have limited movement, limited visibility and deal with this kind of idiot all the time. Besides, there is enough 'action' in the back areas and after hours that none that I knew ever needed or wanted to grope a guest.
Wow......she is really quackers.....they can hardly see where they are going let alone playing grab ass lol...........what a gold digger....pathetic
Wow! That poor woman was practically forced to engage in bestiality. No wonder she was traumatized and is suing. This could end up in the Supreme Court. I just wonder what would have happened if this feathered glad-hander had tried to victimize that Jet Blue flight attendant. (Incidentally, does anyone know if this duck had been drinking?)
That suit is beyond ridiculous. It refers to a previous allegation, against a Cast Member in a Tigger costume. It points out how in the week following the case being filed, 24 more complaints were lodged. Gee, SHOCKING that anyone would try to capitalize on such a cashcow when they hear about it. But for some odd reason, although asserting the allegations against that cast member as fact, it neglects to reveal what the outcome is. Wonder why that is? Because the defendant in that case refused to accept a plea bargain, went to trial, and was found Not Guilty of all charges, after the jury deliberated for less than an hour.
I wish a cartoon character at Disney had groped me! Now I'm jealous!
With those huge padded gloved hands and limited eyesight, pretty hard to believe that it was intentional, if it even happened at all.
This sort of mental abuse can cause a person to quack up!
That comment by ricciaje about quacking up was hilarious! I laughed so hard I cried.
While I certainly don't condone sexual molestation of any kind, one has to wonder whether a lifetime of watching humans sink their knives and forks -- not to mention teeth -- into duck breasts might just not have pushed Donald over the edge. It's a lot to take.
I'm sure Donald would have picked someone better looking; her fiancee should be getting cold feet seeing who he is marrying. Very sad for the duck.
Poor Mr. Duck, now he has two deal with two Goofy characters - one four legged and one two legged. Disney should file a counter claim against this nut case.
I always thought Daisy was hot
Give Donald Duck a break - the poor fella is just practicing for an airport security screener position with the TSA. Lets explore his qualifications: (1) he stands around all day looking like a comical animal, (2) he can grope/molest as well as any felon, (3) he's accustomed to having angry people wait in long lines to see him; and (4) he's single-handedly stopped as many terrorists while workign @ Disney as the combined TSA workforce mannign airports nationwide. My only question before offering him a TSA job would be whether he enjoys working with naked high definition images of chidren.
Making bogus claims of PTSD and mental anguish all in the quest of scoring a quick buck is extremely insulting to our armed forces personnel. These people have endured true trauma and mental anguish in the defense of our nation, protecting the rights of pieces of crap like this woman. Get a life, and pick up your sorry ass welfare seeking useless self and get a job. Try contributing to society instead of hanging out with the bottom feeders! LOSER!!!
Maybe if she worked for a living she would not have a habit of suing people like this will get there place in life. What she will take with her right hand she will give back with her left. Get a life
Severe physical injury? Really! What an assjack!
So the “one of a long line of continuing, long standing, similar prior incidents” she's referring to was Michael Chartrand (see her complaint). Uh, lady, he was found not guilty after jurors watched the videotape. If you want to win, you might want to use someone that was actually found guilty to support your case. Sheesh.
Here we go again! Another Gold digger. Donald would not be able to feel anything through the suit anyway. I would have to see a video of it to believe it.
Sounds to me like she's forkin Goofy!
duck off and fie, lady
What is she complaining about? Everyone knows that Donald is a perv!