Tigger gets off!

The jury says it was not a case of “if the glove don’t fit, you must acquit.” Although this sums the less-than-one-hour deliberation up pretty well: “There was no evidence to convict,” juror Zach Kauffman said. “They couldn’t even prove who was behind the Tigger mask.” Link: SignOnSanDiego.com > News > Disney worker who played […]

His lawyer moonlights as Goofy

Much of the trial’s contention hinges on whether photos show Tigger’s hands on the breasts of the girl and her mother, who later told her daughter she too was groped. Disagreement also centered on whether Disney characters are allowed to place their hands on guests when posing for pictures. The girl’s former stepfather testified that […]

“This defendant knew where his paws were”

A 13-year-old girl testified Monday that a Walt Disney World worker dressed as the beloved character Tigger fondled her breast while she posed for a photo with him and her mother. “I didn’t know what to do. I didn’t know what to say,” the girl said during the first day of Michael Chartrand’s trial on […]