The kid probably deserved it.
Probably.
I knew someone who was the rat at Chucky Cheese.
She said the kids were HELLIONS and would punch, kick and bite her daily, unprovoked. They thought it was cute and funny and so did their parents.
Wouldn't surprise me a bit if he did, though the teens and adults were more trouble for costumed characters when I was several Warner characters at one park.
I was slugged in the temple so hard I saw stars, no joke, my first day out as Daffy by some guy because I tipped his cap as I ran by.
Another time I was pushed onto the tracks of a coaster by some jerk who thought I, as Bugs Bunny, was hitting on his girl. (I *am* a girl but was playing the part).
Once I was doing the pre-opening welcome outside the gates dressed as Sylvester for the crowds waiting to enter the park. I was grabbed, shoved and then encircled until I fell down where I was kicked and punched repeatedly by a MOB of somewhere between 5 and 10 people all belonging to a church youth group.
And the gang members? Wow. They want us to make gang signs with them in group pictures. We'd mime the excuse we only had 4 fingers not 5 so couldn't do it. This was in the late 80s so Crips & Bloods were the ones we were saying "NO" to. Wee!
Shortly after I left that job, a friend & coworker was picked up and thrown on an ATM machine while dressed as Sylvester. Her back was broken & she had multiple surgeries and ended up suing the company for lack of protection. I think they settled with her. Probably the most dangerous job I ever worked. :)