"A racial discrimination lawsuit that accused actors portraying the Despicable Me character Gru of doing a white power symbol while taking photos with non-white children has been settled by Universal Orlando. The lawsuits were brought by Tiffiney and Richard Zinger and Geisy Moreno and Joel Rodriguez. The two sets of parents said that their children were victims of the discrimination in two separate incidents in February and March 2019. The first incident took place during breakfast at a resort hotel, the second was inside a Universal theme park. The terms of the settlement reached by the parties has not been made public, reports the Orlando Sentinel. The case was closed on September 12. The two families [originally] sued Universal Orlando for $30,000. The suit was filed in Orange County, Florida. The lawsuit accused the company of violating the Florida Civil Rights Act of 1992. The two actors portraying the characters were named by Florida Politics in April 2022 as Austin Walker and Joseph Saenz."
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