{"id":122952,"date":"2026-01-07T01:44:16","date_gmt":"2026-01-07T01:44:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/122952\/"},"modified":"2026-01-07T01:44:16","modified_gmt":"2026-01-07T01:44:16","slug":"father-beaten-in-bloody-disneyland-brawl-over-reported-line-cutting-police","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/122952\/","title":{"rendered":"Father Beaten in Bloody Disneyland Brawl Over Reported Line-Cutting: Police"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img alt=\"Disneyland Resort\u00a0 Entrance to Indiana Jones Adventure ride at Disneyland\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1242\" height=\"828\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"standard-img w-full w-full h-auto\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/f423d0a35099c36ca7c736d04c27f711.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Disneyland Resort <\/p>\n<p> Entrance to Indiana Jones Adventure ride at DisneylandNEED TO KNOW<\/p>\n<p>Authorities are investigating an alleged assault that happened in line for a Disneyland attraction on Dec. 30<\/p>\n<p>An Anaheim Police Department spokesperson tells PEOPLE the incident occurred after reports of line-cutting<\/p>\n<p>One male guest was injured, but remained in the park while the other party has not been located<\/p>\n<p>On Reddit, a user claiming to be the victim&#8217;s husband shared a photo of his injuries, including stitches above his right eyebrow<\/p>\n<p>Authorities are investigating an alleged assault at Disneyland after one group of guests reportedly cut in line and violence ensued.<\/p>\n<p>According to a statement shared with PEOPLE from Anaheim, Calif., police sergeant Matt Sutter, the incident took place in line for the Indiana Jones Adventure attraction around 2:00 p.m. local time on Tuesday, Dec. 30.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAccording to reports, one group tried to pass another group that was standing in line,\u201d Sutter said. \u201cA verbal argument led to a physical altercation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As a result, one male was injured, received first aid and \u201cremained in the park for the rest of the day with his family,\u201d authorities said. Meanwhile, the other party involved \u201cfled the scene and has not been located.\u201d However, authorities are following up on leads to make contact.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnyone with information, either eyewitness accounts or video, is encouraged to contact the Anaheim Police Department,\u201d Sutter said.<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"\u00a0Don Kelsen\/Los Angeles Times\/Getty The queue for the Indiana Jones Adventure ride at Disneyland\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1242\" height=\"828\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"standard-img w-full w-full h-auto\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/ac8f4d4cb66312f677a6493954603403.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p> Don Kelsen\/Los Angeles Times\/Getty<\/p>\n<p> The queue for the Indiana Jones Adventure ride at Disneyland<\/p>\n<p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/Disneyland\/comments\/1q06z6f\/comment\/nxzj3zp\/?context=3\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Reddit;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link rapid-noclick-resp\">Reddit<\/a> user, ImaginaryBag1452, who claimed to be an eyewitness, said the whole incident lasted about 30 seconds and \u201cthere were several people intervening to stop the guy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>They added: \u201cHe managed to get some hits in even with people blocking. Then he stepped back a bit so others did too. That\u2019s when he jumped in for one last sucker punch, which drew blood, and then he ran off with his family following.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/Disneyland\/comments\/1q0pyhn\/comment\/nx4hre6\/?utm_source=share&amp;utm_medium=web3x&amp;utm_name=web3xcss&amp;utm_term=1&amp;utm_content=share_button\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:comments;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link rapid-noclick-resp\">comments<\/a>, a woman claiming to be in line at the time of the incident said her husband ended up with four stitches and a \u201cwicked shiner\u201d after the altercation. Also shared to the forum was a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/media?url=https%3A%2F%2Fpreview.redd.it%2Ffistfight-in-line-v0-9ic93e6hesag1.jpeg%3Fwidth%3D3024%26format%3Dpjpg%26auto%3Dwebp%26s%3D375ec3c26d15c6f9a74c7417a1c52dbceca732bd\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:photo;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link rapid-noclick-resp\">photo<\/a> of the man showing the reported stitches and a large bruise above his right eyebrow.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWifey here of the hubby who got the beat down and mama to the teen who caught everything on video,\u201d Reddit user Wittwitbarist wrote in the r\/Disneyland forum on Jan. 1.<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"AaronP\/Bauer-Griffin\/GC Images Sleeping Beauty Castle at Disneyland\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1242\" height=\"828\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"standard-img w-full w-full h-auto\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/8dd61ceee9488db8117657e2b011ef9e.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>AaronP\/Bauer-Griffin\/GC Images<\/p>\n<p> Sleeping Beauty Castle at Disneyland<\/p>\n<p>The woman claimed her husband refused to fight back because \u201che didn\u2019t want to risk false assault accusations, risk us being blacklisted and family getting removed and ending our Disney vacation early.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In a Jan. 6 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/Disneyland\/comments\/1q06z6f\/comment\/nxzj3zp\/?context=3&amp;utm_source=share&amp;utm_medium=web3x&amp;utm_name=web3xcss&amp;utm_term=1&amp;utm_content=share_button\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:post;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link rapid-noclick-resp\">post<\/a>, the woman said her husband \u201cwas addressing a family of 4-6 that was cutting in line, who admitted was cutting in line and didn\u2019t care.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The wife adds in a separate <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/Disneyland\/comments\/1q0pyhn\/comment\/nx68gdy\/?context=3\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:post;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link rapid-noclick-resp\">post<\/a> that after the incident, \u201ca [cast member] literally spawned in and they took our kids to the side (ages 17-26) and gave them lightning lane passes for the rest of the day. Hubby got vouchers [for] replacement clothes (pants got destroyed and shirt soaked in blood) from the shops.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Despite the ordeal, the woman says the family stayed in the park for the rest of the day.<\/p>\n<p>Never miss a story \u2014 sign up for <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/people-news-daily-newsletter-sign-up-8692701\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:PEOPLE&#039;s free daily newsletter;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link rapid-noclick-resp\">PEOPLE&#8217;s free daily newsletter<\/a> to stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer\u200b\u200b, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Another user claiming to be the couple\u2019s daughter also took to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/Disneyland\/comments\/1q0pyhn\/comment\/nx4hy4d\/?context=3&amp;utm_source=share&amp;utm_medium=web3x&amp;utm_name=web3xcss&amp;utm_term=1&amp;utm_content=share_button\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:platform;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link rapid-noclick-resp\">platform<\/a> saying she is \u201ca little traumatized\u201d from the experience. She shared a photo reportedly showing her and her dad in line for another ride, this time the man had a bandage above his right eye.<\/p>\n<p>PEOPLE has reached out to Disneyland and the Reddit users for comment.<\/p>\n<p>Read the original article on <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/father-injured-in-bloody-disneyland-altercation-over-reported-line-cutting-11880120\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:People;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link rapid-noclick-resp\">People<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Disneyland Resort Entrance to Indiana Jones Adventure ride at DisneylandNEED TO KNOW Authorities are investigating an alleged assault&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":74206,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[27184,163,165,164,1528,1341,64407],"class_list":["post-122952","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-anaheim","tag-alleged-assault","tag-anaheim","tag-anaheim-headlines","tag-anaheim-news","tag-anaheim-police-department","tag-disneyland","tag-indiana-jones-adventure"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/122952","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=122952"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/122952\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/74206"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=122952"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=122952"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=122952"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}