# Walt Disney Felon?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/walt-disney-felon/484654>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [February 6, 2009, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/walt-disney-felon/484654 "2009-02-06T01:43:32Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Roadsideboss](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f08c70/32.png) [@Roadsideboss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roadsideboss)\
**Post date:** [February 6, 2009, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/walt-disney-felon/484654/1 "2009-02-06T01:43:32Z")

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Was Walt Disney a felon and if so what was he convicted of ? Try as i might i cant find an answer on the web - please help the suspense is killing me!

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**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\
**Post date:** [February 6, 2009, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/walt-disney-felon/484654/2 "2009-02-06T02:22:14Z")

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AFAIK, he was never charged with any crime; the muckraking **The Disney Version** made no mention of it, and it most certainly would have it it were true.

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**Author:** ![Bijou\_Drains](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bijou_drains/32/2814_2.png) [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\
**Post date:** [February 6, 2009, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/walt-disney-felon/484654/3 "2009-02-06T02:25:35Z")

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Maybe you have him confused with someone else in show business? I never heard of Disney being involved with crime.

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**Author:** ![pkbites](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pkbites/32/204_2.png) [@pkbites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pkbites)\
**Post date:** [February 6, 2009, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/walt-disney-felon/484654/4 "2009-02-06T02:28:58Z")

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> [@Roadsideboss](#):
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> Was Walt Disney a felon and if so what was he convicted of ? Try as i might i cant find an answer on the web - please help the suspense is killing me!

Can you give us some insight as to your question? Why do you believe he might have been?😕

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**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\
**Post date:** [February 6, 2009, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/walt-disney-felon/484654/5 "2009-02-06T03:11:09Z")

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> [@Roadsideboss](#):
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> Was Walt Disney a felon and if so what was he convicted of ? Try as i might i cant find an answer on the web - please help the suspense is killing me!

Is this you?

[Walt Disney, felon](http://message.snopes.com/showthread.php?t=482)

Otherwise, I’ve never heard of him being convicted of anything.