A man told who was arrested in a Disney park after he allegedly refused a temperature check according to authorities that he did not have to leave the premises because he paid $ 15,000 in the resort.
‘I paid $ 15,000. “You can not offend me if I paid $ 15,000,” the man, identified by police as Kelly Sills, told Disney Springs Florida police.
According to a NBC News Sheriff’s Sheriff’s Police Report, Sills, a tourist from Baton Rouge, La, in February evaded a Disney Springs medical examination and refused to have his temperature tested on request. of Disney employees.
Delegates and a Disney Springs security manager approached Sills, according to the network, when he was outside the Boathouse restaurant. Sills apparently argued with the safety manager, and then the driver told him he was “no longer welcome in the park today.”
Later in the video, it is heard that Sills asks that he take temperature before he is kicked out, according to the Post.
“Will you take my temperature before you kick me out, please?” he asked in the video, according to the Post.
“They will do it in jail,” a deputy replied.
“Well, that’s good,” Sills said.
Sills has pleaded not guilty to a felony charge, NBC News reported, citing court records in Orange County.
In an interview with the Post, Sills said he would be “happy” if his temperature was taken, but he inadvertently walked through an exit without realizing his mistake. He also blamed the security manager for the escalation of the incident and compared Disney’s security to Nazis and the mafia.
However, he admitted that he was in a bit of a mood that day after traveling.
The incident took place in Florida, where coronavirus restrictions have been largely relaxed across the country.
Last month, springbreakers flocked to Miami Beach, asking the city to declared a state of emergency because of the large crowds that gather.
A report released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention last week found that the number of COVID-19 cases in Florida was due to the virus’ variants. more than doubled the last two weeks. On March 20, the state became the third state to reach 2 million coronavirus infections, to California and Texas.
The episode at Disney Spring is the latest in a series of incidents in which customers refuse to comply with COVID-19 restrictions.
In February, security material caught a grocery store worker in Colorado is slapped in the face after asking a buyer to wear a face mask. According to Denver’s Fox Connected Station, KDVR, an employee at a King Soopers grocery store asked a customer to put on a mask, which prompted the buyer to call the employee a vulgar name and slap her.
Last summer a woman from Colorado was captured on camera to call staff ‘Nazis’ after she was asked to leave a liquor store because she did not follow the store’s mask policy.
In February, the Transport Safety Administration authorized to fine passengers which refuses to comply with the mask requirements for public transport systems.