Vanity Fair report details Medieval Times harassment claims and nine-month strike
The gist
Vanity Fair published a report on Medieval Times citing lawsuits, harassment allegations and a nine-month strike.
The dinner-theater chain's labor dispute now sits beside its TikTok-driven popularity.
How it unfolded
- 2018 summerErin Zapcic moved to the western castle in Buena Park; she found the riding lessons there rudimentary and head horse trainer Franz Christian Garcia hostile, per the report.
- 2020A former Scottsdale employee said a female coworker filed a harassment report he corroborated as a witness, and that the man was moved to another department with better pay rather than disciplined.
- 2022Performers at Medieval Times forged a union; Zapcic and former knight Jake Bowman led a group at the Buena Park castle in a stand over working conditions and wages.