Overview
- Security and deputies detained Diego Rodriguez at EPCOT after an April 21 dispute over a Mirabel meet-and-greet.
- Staff told the family they could not skip the queue, the child was stopped from running ahead, and the performer said she was only taking photos rather than signing autographs.
- Rodriguez allegedly grabbed and shook a character attendant’s arm and verbally abused the performer before lunging, according to reports, and staff then called police.
- He was arrested on battery allegations and issued a lifetime trespass notice, which is a permanent ban from Walt Disney World property.
- One outlet reports he shouted, “Why can everyone take a picture but us?,” and coverage links the case to recent line-cutting clashes that prompted Disney to stress courtesy rules and ban queue jumping.