Last week Jose, a giant furry yeti, filed suit against the Walt Disney Company for breach of contract.
In the suit it is claimed that Jose was under contract to appear in the Expedition Everest attraction in Disney’s Animal Kingdom for which he would be housed, fed, and groomed. The suit claims that Jose was relieved from his duties because he ate an estimated three thousand dollars of food a day and was too frightening for some of the guests.
Disney responded and said the suit is frivolous and replacing Jose with a lame stuffed animal with a crummy strobe light on it was done for liability reasons. Disney also stated that Jose was offered a job in food services which he turned down.
When asked to comment Jose stated that he turned the position down because he would have been required to wear a body sized hair net which restricted his movement and was very uncomfortable. He also stated that Disney knew this and only offered the job in an effort to back out of their original contract and force him out of the company.
Opening statements for the case are currently scheduled in November.
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