{"id":285631,"date":"2026-05-27T03:22:08","date_gmt":"2026-05-27T03:22:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/285631\/"},"modified":"2026-05-27T03:22:08","modified_gmt":"2026-05-27T03:22:08","slug":"man-accused-of-exposing-himself-at-seaworld-area-resort-pool-over-memorial-day-weekend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/285631\/","title":{"rendered":"Man accused of exposing himself at SeaWorld-area resort pool over Memorial Day weekend"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">ORANGE COUNTY, FLa. \u2013 A 56-year-old man is facing charges after investigators say he exposed himself and acted in a sexual manner in front of adults and children at a resort pool near SeaWorld Orlando during the busy Memorial Day weekend.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">According to the Orange County Sheriff\u2019s Office, deputies responded Saturday evening to the Hilton Grand Vacations Club SeaWorld Orlando after reports of a man exposing himself at the pool area.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Investigators identified the suspect as David Bain. He was arrested on charges of lewd and lascivious behavior and indecent exposure.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Deputies said frightened guests flagged down a hotel employee shortly after 7 p.m. after spotting Bain with his pants down near the pool. According to the arrest report, an employee witnessed Bain exposing himself while \u201cmultiple women frantically moved small children away.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Guests staying at the resort said they were disturbed by the allegations.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">\u201cOh my, yes that\u2019s very discerning and I\u2019m glad that the residents or the people that were staying here hopped in and grabbed him,\u201d one guest said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Investigators said hotel security personnel and another guest confronted Bain and told him to pull his pants up. Deputies said the men prevented Bain from leaving before law enforcement arrived.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Authorities also said video evidence showed Bain acting in a sexual manner \u201cin full view of multiple women, children and multiple employees of the hotel.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Guests told News 6 the incident raises concerns about safety at tourist destinations popular with families.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">\u201cIt\u2019s very important, but we understand that it happens all the time, but I\u2019m glad that everybody stepped in and took care of it,\u201d a visitor said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">An employee who spoke with News 6 off camera said staff members have continued discussing the incident since Saturday and believed security personnel responded appropriately.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Online jail records show Bain remained in custody at the Orange County Jail as of Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">News 6 reached out to Hilton Grand Vacations Club\u2019s corporate office for comment, but the office was closed Tuesday evening.<\/p>\n<p>Breaking News Alerts<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 kiwhtN\">Get breaking news alerts delivered to your inbox.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2026 by WKMG ClickOrlando &#8211; All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ORANGE COUNTY, FLa. \u2013 A 56-year-old man is facing charges after investigators say he exposed himself and acted&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":285632,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[265,121158,3028,121157,3033,75415,1335,139,141,140,23002,2043,1316,19436],"class_list":["post-285631","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-orlando","tag-crime","tag-exposer","tag-hilton","tag-hilton-grand-vacations-club","tag-hotel","tag-memorial-day","tag-orange-county","tag-orlando","tag-orlando-headlines","tag-orlando-news","tag-resort","tag-seaworld","tag-tourism","tag-visitor"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/285631","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=285631"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/285631\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/285632"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=285631"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=285631"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=285631"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}