From an order by Judge John Kralik of the L.A. Superior Court in McGee v. Universal City Studios, LLC, decided April 30 but just posted on Westlaw:
Plaintiffs … allege that they were at Defendant Universal City Studios, LLC's theme park Universal Studios Hollywood. They allege that on July 18, 2021, Defendant "Beetlejuice Doe," an employee of Defendant Universal City Studios, LLC, acting in the course and scope of employment, was dressed as the fictional Beetlejuice character from the 1988 film and was greeting visitors and posing for photographs. Plaintiffs allege that they stopped to take a picture with Defendant Beetlejuice Doe. Marisol McGee (a Latin-American woman) posed with Defendant Beetlejuice Doe, while John McGee (an African-American man) took the photo and Dylan McGee (a mixed-race minor boy) watched. When taking the picture, they allege that Defendant Beetlejuice Doe displayed a racist, offensive "White Power" hand gesture.
The Complaint alleges the gesture was this (known to most of us, when the lines and words are absent, as the "OK" gesture):
