ANAHEIM -- Anaheim police are searching for a man who allegedly groped a woman on the "Tower of Terror" ride at Disney's California Adventure theme park which is adjacent to Disneyland.
The victim, Christina Esquivel, was on the ride with her daughter Friday when she says someone grabbed her breast just as the lights dimmed, Sgt. Rick Martinez said. The dimming of the lights is a normal part of the ride.
Esquivel claims the person who groped her was a man sitting to her left across the aisle, and she says she pushed his hand away.
When the ride ended, Esquivel reported the assault to a Disneyland worker who alerted security who then called police, Martinez said.
"By this time the guy was already in the wind," Martinez said.
Photos are routinely taken of passengers on the ride and detectives are hoping they will help catch the suspect.
Esquivel says she has a photo that was taken when the lights came back on. In it she can be seen with a stunned expression on her face, and she says the man across the aisle from her, with his arm stretched out toward her, is the man who groped her.
Esquivel says she wants people to see the photo and help detectives determine his identity.
"It's not right," she told KTLA. "I didn't do anything to deserve it, and he needs to pay for it."
Anaheim police also obtained a copy of the picture from Disney security and are working to help identify the suspect.
Officials at Disneyland say they do not tolerate such behavior.
The victim, Christina Esquivel, was on the ride with her daughter Friday when she says someone grabbed her breast just as the lights dimmed, Sgt. Rick Martinez said. The dimming of the lights is a normal part of the ride.
Esquivel claims the person who groped her was a man sitting to her left across the aisle, and she says she pushed his hand away.
When the ride ended, Esquivel reported the assault to a Disneyland worker who alerted security who then called police, Martinez said.
"By this time the guy was already in the wind," Martinez said.
Photos are routinely taken of passengers on the ride and detectives are hoping they will help catch the suspect.
Esquivel says she has a photo that was taken when the lights came back on. In it she can be seen with a stunned expression on her face, and she says the man across the aisle from her, with his arm stretched out toward her, is the man who groped her.
Esquivel says she wants people to see the photo and help detectives determine his identity.
"It's not right," she told KTLA. "I didn't do anything to deserve it, and he needs to pay for it."
Anaheim police also obtained a copy of the picture from Disney security and are working to help identify the suspect.
Officials at Disneyland say they do not tolerate such behavior.
