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Man is arrested for groping influencer at Disneyland while she was posing for photo in front of Sleeping Beauty's castle

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Koenig, M. (2026, September 29). Man is arrested for groping influencer at Disneyland while she was posing for photo in front of Sleeping Beauty's castle. Daily Mail. https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-16166853/Man-arrested-groping-influencer-Disneyland.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490

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Daily Mail · collected 2026-09-29 · by Melissa Koenig

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Yoatzi Castro, an Instagram influencer with over 800,000 followers, reported being groped by a man at Disneyland while livestreaming on Twitch in front of Sleeping Beauty's castle on September 23. The incident was captured on video where the suspect briefly touched her before walking away. Afterward, park security and Anaheim police located and arrested the man for suspicion of sexual battery; he was cited and released that evening. Castro emphasized the importance of having evidence to hold perpetrators accountable, especially in public spaces.
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Story summary

On September 23, Yoatzi Castro, an influencer with over 800,000 Instagram followers, accused a man of groping her while she was livestreaming in front of Disneyland’s iconic castle in Anaheim. As the man walked by wearing glasses and a light blue shirt, his hand appeared to move toward her rear, prompting her immediate accusation. Castro punched him and screamed that he had touched her inappropriately. The suspect denied it but then left with his female companion. After reporting the incident to park employees, Christopher Poitras was arrested by the Anaheim Police Department on suspicion of misdemeanor sexual battery.

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Melissa Koenig
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Anaheim Daily Mail Google Instagram the Los Angeles Times

Subjects

Castro PERSON · 7× Anaheim ORG · 3× Instagram ORG · 3× Yoatzi Castro PERSON · 3× Daily Mail ORG · 1× Eric Anderson PERSON · 1× Google ORG · 1× Sleeping Beauty's PERSON · 1× Twitch ORG · 1× the Los Angeles Times ORG · 1×

Narrative

She then told how she didn't want to leave the park before the man was found, and noted that Disneyland security contacted her just about an hour after the alleged incident to report that he was located and arrested by Anaheim police.
framing: assertive · carried by 1 article(s) · first seen 2026-09-29
🔮 She could then be seen promptly whipping her head around, walking after the man and accusing him of grabbing her.

Claims (23 extracted, 4 hedged)

- See more Daily Mail on Google - save us as a Preferred Source A man was arrested after he allegedly groped an influencer at Disneyland as she was posing for a photo with her friends in front of Sleeping Beauty's castle. uncertain
she → see → castle
Yoatzi Castro, who has more than 800,000 followers on Instagram, was at the amusement park on September 23 celebrating a friend's birthday when the alleged sexual assault occurred, the Los Angeles Times reports. asserted
Times → have → birthday
She and her friends were seen in her livestream on Twitch posing in front of the iconic castle at around 8pm when she said a man in a white t-shirt grabbed her. asserted
man → see → her
The video shows the man and a female companion walking toward the castle when his hand momentarily disappears from the camera's view as he passes Castro. asserted
he → show → Castro
She could then be seen promptly whipping her head around, walking after the man and accusing him of grabbing her. uncertain
She → see → her
The suspect could then be heard claiming he 'accidentally just -' before Castro cut him off. uncertain
Castro → hear → him
'Bro, no, he just grabbed my a**,' she could be heard yelling. uncertain
she → grab → *
The man then responds by asking, 'What are you talking about?' before walking away with the woman he was with. asserted
he → respond → woman
Yoatzi Castro, who has more than 800,000 followers on Instagram, claimed she was groped by a man while livestreaming at Disneyland on September 23. asserted
she → have → September
Video Castro shared online showed her confronting the alleged attacker 'I'm so f***ing livid and I'm so upset,' Castro told her followers in a video just moments after the alleged incident. asserted
Castro → share → incident
She then told how she didn't want to leave the park before the man was found, and noted that Disneyland security contacted her just about an hour after the alleged incident to report that he was located and arrested by Anaheim police. asserted
he → tell → police
'Afterwards, I told them that yes, I wanted to press charges,' she said in a follow-up video. asserted
she → tell → video
'I just felt so insanely violated. asserted
I → feel → ?
If it weren't streaming, I feel like we would have no evidence. asserted
we → stream → evidence
But thankfully because we were streaming, we had the video. asserted
we → stream → video
Castro also said police told her the man's name – and it was the same man internet sleuths tracked down. asserted
sleuths → say → name
'I think because of all the witnesses and the evidence we had, he was arrested last night,' she told her followers. asserted
she → think → followers
The alleged creep was taken into custody on suspicion of sexual battery, Anaheim police spokesman Eric Anderson told the LA Times, noting that he was cited and released that evening. asserted
he → allege → Times
Authorities are not aware of any previous incidents involving the man, Anderson noted. asserted
Anderson → involve → man
But Castro said she was a previous sexual assault victim, 'so I was upset that it's still something that happened to me and other females. ' asserted
that → say → me
If it would've happened to any other female, any other girl at the park, I don't think they would've had the evidence and he would've gotten away with it,' she then reiterated. asserted
she → happen → it
Castro concluded the video by warning: 'As women, we always have to keep our guard up, because you never know when men like this are around us.' asserted
men → conclude → us
The Daily Mail has reached out to Disneyland and Anaheim police for comment. asserted
Mail → reach → comment
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