Attorneys file lawsuit for great-grandmother arrested at Walt Disney World for having CBD oil

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Attorneys file lawsuit for great-grandmother arrested at Walt Disney World for having CBD oil

By Danielle Lama | Published 1 day ago | Updated 13 hours ago | Walt Disney World | FOX 35 Orlando

ORLANDO, Fla. - Attorneys announced on Wednesday that they have filed a lawsuit against Disney more than a year after a great-grandmother from North Carolina was arrested at the Magic Kingdom for having CBD oil in her bag.

FOX 35 News broke the story in May of last year.

High-profile civil rights attorney Ben Crump, who is also representing the family of the late George Floyd, said that he has filed a lawsuit on behalf of Hester Burkhalter.

Burkhalter, 69, was handcuffed and hauled to jail after security officers at Disney found a bottle of CBD oil in her bag. She said she was on a trip with her adopted children when it happened.

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[hlthe2b]

1. Well, Disney has the big pockets $$$, but why in hell did those cops not know the law?

That, to me, is the bigger issue.

[Mike 03]

4. Yes. You hit it exactly. The police should have known.

It's incomprehensible the police didn't know CBD oil is legal.

[OhNo-Really]

2. ....Then they came for the Women...

That poor woman. I’d had had a heart attack! And her grandkids? Left behind? Jammed in cars with strangers!

[Mike 03]

3. This is pretty amazing.

How could Disney not know that CBD oil is legal? Don't they listen to the radio and hear the ads?

[Cirque du So-What]

5. Reefer madness redux

Hope this lady realizes justice and that Disney is rightly chastised.

[blueinredohio]

6. Why would security be searching her bag anyway?

[Coventina]

8. Since 9/11 you cannot enter a Disney Park without being searched. n/t

[blueinredohio]

9. It's been years since I've been there.

Thanks for the update. I don't plan on going again but thanks anyway.

[Ferrets are Cool]

7. She will be getting a nice check