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   >10:13am (UK)   
   >Cleared Briton Wants Job Back - But Not as Tigger    
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   >A British man who was acquitted of charges he fondled a 13-year-old girl   
   >while dressed as Tigger at the Walt Disney World theme park says he wants   
   >to return to work, but not as a Disney character.   
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   >The acquittal followed a three-day trial in Orlando during which the   
   >defence lawyer for Michael Chartrand donned a Tigger costume in an effort   
   >to show jurors how difficult it is to manoeuvre and see in the outfit.   
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   >Outside court, Chartrand, a 36-year-old from England who lost his fiancee   
   >and was suspended without pay after his arrest, said he would like his job   
   >back, but that the experience “has ruined my dream to be a character”.   
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   >Disney spokesman Bill Warren said: “We can have a conversation with him,   
   >but at this point we really don’t have a comment.”   
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   >Jurors found Chartrand not guilty of lewd and lascivious molestation, a   
   >felony. He had faced up to 15 years in prison if convicted. He was accused   
   >of fondling the girl while posing for a photo with her and her mother.   
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   >Earlier this week, Chartrand rejected a plea offer that would have given   
   >him probation.   
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   >Prosecutor Will Jay and members of the girl’s family left court without   
   >commenting.   
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   >During closing arguments, defence lawyer Jeffrey Kaufman – who also   
   >moonlights as Tigger and Goofy at Walt Disney World – first strapped on   
   >Tigger’s tail and then put on a neck cloth, the enormous orange-and-black   
   >striped head, and two large orange mitts to show jurors how the costume   
   >limits peripheral vision and arm movements.   
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   >Kaufman contended that the girl’s mother was merely after money and   
   >planned to sue Disney.   
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   >The mother also claimed Tigger touched her breast during the visit to   
   >Disney World last February, although no criminal charges followed her   
   >allegation.   
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   >Under questioning from Kaufman, the mother conceded that she had met with   
   >a lawyer about the case. But asked if she thought she could make a lot of   
   >money from Disney, she told Kaufman: “No, I didn’t.”   
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   Did the minimum wage bloke have to pay for his own defence or did his   
   employer, Walt Disney World bear the cost?  It had to total many thousands   
   of U.S. Dollars.    
      
   Again, it is shown that loyalty to one's employer amounts to nothing when   
   the shit hits the fan.   
      
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