Man in 'Tigger' Costume Charged With Molesting Girl, Mom at Disney World
ORLANDO, Fla. — A Walt Disney World employee who worked as the character "Tigger" was charged Friday with molesting a 13-year-old girl and her mother while posing with them for pictures.
Michael Chartrand, 36, was arrested and charged with one count of lewd and lascivious molestation of a child between 12 and 15 and one count of simple battery. He was booked at the Orange County Jail on a $2,500 bond.
A Disney spokeswoman said Chartrand has been suspended without pay.
The sheriff's office received a complaint that a costumed character at Disney World had touched a girl and her mother.
"As the photo was being taken, (the victim) claims that Tigger moved his right hand up to her right breast and started massaging it several times," the report said. "(The victim) became very embarrassed and ashamed of the incident and claims that she did not say anything to her mother until they left the park."
The girl later learned that the costumed character had done the same thing to her mother with his left hand, according to the report. The girl and her father reported the incident Feb. 29.
So the mother didn't mind getting groped{I guess as long as Tigger wasn't singing "its a small World"}The girl and her father reported the incident Feb. 29.
Rose said:didn't they wait like 8 days before reporting it? and both the mom and daughter supposedly had this happen?
Not to be cynical ... but it all sounds fishy to me. If something like that happens, report it. Don't wait more than a week. Why didn't the mom say anything immediately?
Leslie said:mom just lets Tigger feel her up without smacking him away...OR checking to see if he's also feeling up her daughter...
and Tigger is gleefully groping BOTH of them whilst having his picture taken doing it?!
I agree. Wouldn't it be obvious in the photos that Tigger was touching their boobs? :/Rose said:didn't they wait like 8 days before reporting it? and both the mom and daughter supposedly had this happen?
Not to be cynical ... but it all sounds fishy to me. If something like that happens, report it. Don't wait more than a week. Why didn't the mom say anything immediately?
ORLANDO, Fla. -- A Walt Disney World worker who portrayed the character Tigger was found not guilty Wednesday of touching the breast of a 13-year-old girl while posing for a photo at the Magic Kingdom.
Jurors found 36-year-old Michael Chartrand not guilty of misdemeanor battery and lewd and lascivious molestation, a felony, after deliberating for less than one hour. He had faced 15 years in prison if convicted.