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Man who jumped to death at Disneyland was son of famed Disney musical director
NY Post ^ | December 6, 2022 | Yaron Steinbuch

Posted on 12/06/2022 8:51:31 AM PST by BenLurkin

Christensen, who had been the principal of Huntington Beach elementary schools for 22 years, took his own life Saturday.

The park had been open until midnight Saturday for the annual Candlelight Ceremony, which brings together hundreds of musicians, as well as Disney bigwigs, Theme Park Insider reported.

His death was two days before he was to appear in court on child endangerment and battery charges.

Police believe his death was a suicide, Anaheim police spokesperson Sgt. Shane Carringer told the Los Angeles Times, adding that the coroner’s office will determine the cause of death.

Christensen pleaded not guilty to the charges after his Nov. 15 arrest and was released on $10,000 bail. In a lengthy Facebook note, he blamed the “flawed” legal system for upending his life.

His attorney, Ruben Frias, declined to comment to the newspaper on Monday.



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To: BenLurkin

Why was he secretly married? Because it was convenient?

I’m Sympathetic to the courts bias but - this seems like a lot more under the hood than his word.


21 posted on 12/06/2022 9:19:13 AM PST by Skywise
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To: PGR88
why did the guy kill himself at his father’s old place of employment.

Maybe it was his Happy Place. I mean that seriously, I wasn't trying to sound snarky. If he was innocent, he really got back at his wife. I had a serious condition a few years ago, and was in constant pain. (All better now.) The doctors were not much help originally. I was giving serious thought to suicide, but did not because I did not want people to blame my wife.

22 posted on 12/06/2022 9:19:28 AM PST by Lonesome in Massachussets (Forsan et haec olim meminisse iuvabit.)
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To: BenLurkin

From my understanding, some suicides are done with the primary reason, not necessarily being that the person could not stand living any longer. The primary reason for this select group would be to ‘punish’ specific surviving family or aquaintances. It’s a selfish, hostile and calculated move of someone deeply neurotic, someone who wants to inflict ongoing pain to all concerned.

This is how it appears here; he wants to ‘punish’ his wife for calling 911 and possibly screwing his career up. My take is this man was already spiritually brittle and already suffering from depression, even before he married into this ready made family.
**Why was their marriage supposed to be a secret, and after 3 years? Secret from whom?


23 posted on 12/06/2022 9:19:28 AM PST by lee martell
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To: imabadboy99

Well, how many kids were actually attending an event at midnight on a Saturday? Sounds more like an event for adults. Not that it really makes him less inconsiderate though.


24 posted on 12/06/2022 9:19:43 AM PST by Boogieman
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To: ArtDodger

More here than meets the eye this guy knew he was going to get exposed in court.


25 posted on 12/06/2022 9:19:56 AM PST by Col Frank Slade
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To: imabadboy99

A relative’s neighbor hung himself the day after Thanksgiving in his FRONT yard, in view of a fairly busy street. I think it was the easiest place for him to do it (largest tree on property right by the driveway - tied rope to tree/neck & jumped off the truck). He’d received a terminal medical diagnosis recently & wanted to go out on his own terms, evidently.

Only the dead know ‘why’ they pick a certain place .... some want the way they go out to send/leave a ‘message’, for some it’s the easiest way, others want a private, meaningful place. Regardless, it’s sad that people come to such a place where there is no hope, no future in their minds.


26 posted on 12/06/2022 9:20:14 AM PST by Qiviut (I'm not out of control, I'm just not in their control. $hot $hills: Sod Off)
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To: lee martell

Amen.


27 posted on 12/06/2022 9:20:20 AM PST by Lonesome in Massachussets (Forsan et haec olim meminisse iuvabit.)
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To: Red Badger

Feels like he was punishing his wife, who looks like a typical SoCal lunatic fake-tan Kardashian-wannabe.


28 posted on 12/06/2022 9:20:52 AM PST by StAnDeliver (Tanned, rested, and ready.)
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To: imabadboy99

If he could find a way of hurting Disney without hurting anyone besides Disney I would be for it, and suspect he may have had a legitimate beef with the Mouse House-—but killing yourself is not the way to extract justice from others.


29 posted on 12/06/2022 9:20:55 AM PST by Hieronymus
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Zippidy do-dah, zippidy SPLAT!


30 posted on 12/06/2022 9:24:21 AM PST by Clutch Martin ("The trouble ain't that there is too many fools, but that the lightning ain't distributed right." )
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To: BenLurkin

31 posted on 12/06/2022 9:25:40 AM PST by BookmanTheJanitor
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To: ArtDodger

**Facebook post was full of narcissism.**

Most FB posts are, imo. That’s why after I joined in 08 and made a couple comments, I didn’t log back in for over 8 years. Then some family and friends talked me into putting some more pics on it. I probably don’t comment twice a year anymore, but my wife (who won’t join) uses my account to view FB marketplace to shop, and does that almost daily.

She wanted to add a friend’s wife that made a friend request, and apparently clicked an ‘add friends’ or something, and suddenly I was added over 50 ‘friends’. I told my wife that they are probably mad at me because I don’t reply to their stuff.


32 posted on 12/06/2022 9:30:14 AM PST by Zuriel (Acts 2:38,39....Do you believe it?)
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To: BenLurkin

The legal process, especially the domestic violence laws, are devasting on innocent men.

Oddly, though, really abusers play the system like a fiddle.


33 posted on 12/06/2022 9:38:52 AM PST by Fido969 (45 is Superman! )
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To: BenLurkin

Well, he died where his ideals are upheld and promoted. His splat fit right in.


34 posted on 12/06/2022 9:42:20 AM PST by GingisK
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To: BenLurkin

Just one more reason that disney is no longer the happiest place on earth.......as it once was.


35 posted on 12/06/2022 9:42:45 AM PST by V_TWIN (America...so great even the people that hate it refuse to leave)
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To: ghost of nixon

I appreciate your pain on that one. That could be a mitigating factor.


36 posted on 12/06/2022 9:43:13 AM PST by GingisK
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To: V_TWIN

Disneyland costs a family a small fortune to go there, then you have to wait in line for an hour or more for the good rides. The food is also incredibly expensive.

Why bother? But the place is packed day and night, all year round. I don’t get it...


37 posted on 12/06/2022 9:47:54 AM PST by Deo volente ("When we see the image of a baby in the womb, we glimpse the majesty of God's creation." Pres. Trump)
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To: Red Badger

I call BS! She must have found out he was into kiddy porn or something like that for her to get that mad And he’s minimizing the situation and making himself out as the victim. You don’t kill yourself unless it involves deep shame or embarrassment.


38 posted on 12/06/2022 9:48:02 AM PST by dragonblustar (If you watch porn then you are a pedophile and a supporter of rape. Repent and be saved! )
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To: Chode

That was my first thought.


39 posted on 12/06/2022 9:49:45 AM PST by Joe Brower ("Might we not live in a nobler dream than this?" -- John Ruskin)
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To: BenLurkin

Wife called the cops on him after a verbal argument and got him arrested. Evil....


40 posted on 12/06/2022 9:51:50 AM PST by DesertRhino (Dogs are called man's best friend. Moslems hate dogs. Add it up..)
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