A man has been arrested after raping a woman at the Walt Disney World Dolphin Hotel.
Fox 35 Orlando obtained the arrest affidavit for Eyvor Gomez, 49, of Pembroke Pines. He was arrested on Monday and faces a sexual battery charge.
The victim stated that she was at a bar of the Dolphin Hotel when Gomez began a conversation with her. At last call, Gomez suggested they go outside to continue drinking with his own alcohol, out of view of the cameras.
While in a corner by a glass wall and bushes, Gomez made advances toward the woman, which she rejected. He said he then pushed her against the glass wall and she hit her head, blacking out.
Security cameras captured the woman trying to crawl away from Gomez, who then forced himself on her. She tried to push him off but could not. He then allegedly took a photo of the victim with his cell phone.
Gomez and the woman then went back to the hotel lobby, where she sat next to a group of strangers and asked them to pretend to know her so Gomez would leave.
Disney security identified Gomez due to an incident that had occurred earlier between him and his wife.
“There was an argument and his wife was escorted back to their room,” the affidavit read. “Eyvor matched the description and photograph provided by witnesses. Disney confirmed through surveillance video.”
Gomez initially denied knowing the victim. He later said they were just kissing and “groping.” He was arrested and booked into the Orange County Jail.
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So based on all of the illegal activity at the Swan and Dolphin hotel, I will never, ever stay there, nor should anyone else. Wow, where is the security at this hotel? Disney only pays Security officers $16-17/hour – is that the same hourly rate for the hotel security too? While Chapek collects $20 million in bonuses, and his salary was doubled by the board in 2021. All of the profits are funneling to Chapek it seems. And the Reedy Creek Fire and EMTs have broken down vehicles in disrepair. Will we recognize any Disney Park after Chapek ends his 3 year extension? What a disgrace.
Calm down Karen, stay home and I’ll continue to go. You must be a real hoot at parties.
Wow what a tactless place for an ad to book a Disney trip yikes
It’s automatically in the page, it’s not something we can remove from individual stories. Sorry.
Gee, I thought WDW was supposed to be a safe place. (insert sarcasm)
What in the hell?? Good Lord. May it never happen again — not at WDW. Ugh. Awful.
What I don’t understand is if security cameras recorded the woman crawling away and then the suspect attacking her – why security forces weren’t immediately on the spot to stop the attack. Surely there is on-the-ground security at each hotel ?
We stayed at the connected WDW Swan in mid July and everything was wonderful. It’s a short stroll to connect to The Boardwalk with lots of entertainment and restaurants (The Flying Fish was amazing—thx Omar!). This story is extremely tragic and my heart goes out to the victim. It’s unfortunate that even with security, these things can happen. Safety in numbers!