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Judge Whose Daughter Works For Disney Removes Herself From Relocation Lawsuit
Judge in the case of two women suing Disney over its scrapped plan to move staffers from California to Florida has stepped down because her daughter works for the company,
In their misrepresentation and concealment suit filed June 18 in Los Angeles Superior Court ( read it here), VP Product Design Maria De La Cruz and Director of Product Design George Fong allege that Disney in 2021 asked to relocate to the company’s planned new “campus” in the Lake Nona planned community in Olrando, promising them affordable housing, good schools and a new office with many benefits. Casting aside its 2021 proclamations of “ Florida ’s business-friendly climate, the state’s generous $500 million tax credit offer and then-Disney chief Bob Chapek’s idea of an amalgamation of resources, Disney pulled the plug on the ambitious $1 billion and more Lake Nona project in May 2023. Ron DeSantis over his state’s Parental Rights in Education legislation — aka the “ Don’t Say Gay ” bill — so-called “woke” corporate polices and bureaucratic control of the area around Walt Disney World.
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