ORLANDO, Fla. — Disney has filed a lawsuit claiming that the oversight authorities for Walt Disney World, which was taken over by appointees of Gov. Ron DeSantis earlier this yr, has did not launch paperwork and correctly protect information in violation of Florida public information legislation.

Disney stated within the lawsuit filed Friday that the Central Florida Tourism Oversight District, sometimes called CFTOD, has been so gradual in fulfilling its public information duties that it has failed to reply fully to a request the corporate made seven months in the past when it paid greater than $2,400 to get emails and textual content messages belonging to the 5 district board members appointed by DeSantis.

Disney, DeSantis and the DeSantis appointees already are battling for management of the federal government in two pending lawsuits in federal and state court docket.

The general public information lawsuit is asking a choose to evaluation any paperwork that the district claims are exempt from being launched, declare that the district is violating state public information legislation and order the district to launch the paperwork that Disney has requested.

“CFTOD has prevented Disney from discovering the actions of its authorities by way of public information requests, in violation of Florida legislation,” stated the lawsuit filed in state court docket in Orlando. “The Court docket ought to grant Disney reduction.”

An e mail was despatched to the Central Florida Tourism Oversight District searching for remark.

The brand new lawsuit claims that the district is failing to comply with public information legal guidelines in different methods, resembling permitting the DeSantis-appointed board members to make use of private e mail addresses and texts for district enterprise with no course of for ensuring they’re preserved and failing to ensure board members don’t auto-delete messages coping with district enterprise.

The feud between DeSantis and Disney began final yr after the corporate publicly opposed the state’s so-called don’t say homosexual legislation, which bans classroom classes on sexual orientation and gender identification in early grades. The legislation was championed by DeSantis, who’s operating for the 2024 GOP presidential nomination. In retaliation, DeSantis and Republican legislators took over the district Disney had managed for greater than 5 a long time and put in 5 board members loyal to the governor.