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Eleanor Pringle

A Disney creative director is suing the company for forcing him to sell his childhood home and move to Florida—then move back into a smaller house

A vendor sells balloons along Main Street in front of Cinderella's Castle as the sun sets at the Magic Kingdom Park at Walt Disney World on May 31, 2024, in Orlando, Florida. (Credit: Gary Hershorn - Getty Images)

In December 2022, George Fong, a creative director at Disney, sold his beloved childhood home in Los Angeles and moved to Florida—sleeping in a hotel until his home in Orlando was ready.

Fong had moved across the country—leaving the state where his family had lived for generations—for work reasons. In a lawsuit filed to the Superior Court of California, Fong said in July 2021 The Walt Disney Corporation informed him and around 250 other employees their roles—as part of the Disney park, experiences and products team—were being relocated to the new Lake Nona campus in Florida.

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