Disney employee sexually assaulted co-worker at Epcot
Thursday evening around 6:30 pm, Walt Disney World’s Epcot theme park became the “Scariest Place on Earth” for one of its female employees. Gideon Hunte, a 49-year-old custodian at Disney World, forced a female co-worker into a secluded custodial closet where he sexually assaulted her, as reported by WFTV.
The victim spent a horrifying three to five minutes struggling to push Hunte off of her while Hunte tried to keep her trapped inside the closet, according to NY Daily News. After what must have seemed like forever, the victim was able to escape her worst nightmare.
The victim ran as fast as she could to her supervisor, and with tears flowing, she revealed what Hunte had done to her. My News 13 reports the victim told her supervisor her attacker only let her go because “she refused to stop fighting to get away and ignored his demands to lower her voice.”
Immediately after hearing the victim’s story, her supervisor called law enforcement. Gideon Hunte was questioned by Orange County investigators and ultimately arrested, per NY Daily news, on “two counts of kidnapping and sexual battery, not likely to cause injury.” Hunte is sitting in the Orange County jail without bond.
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A spokeswoman for Walt Disney World released a statement, as reported by WFTV:
“This is a law enforcement matter. He has been placed on unpaid leave pending the outcome of the charges. We have zero tolerance for this type of alleged behavior.”
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