Overview

• French authorities have charged Jhaj with fraud, breach of trust, money laundering, identity theft and corruption of a minor following the aborted event.
• Vitalijs, a former Latvian special forces soldier hired as the ‘father of the bride,’ sneaked into Disneyland Paris and alerted staff that the ‘bride’ was a nine-year-old.
• Investigators uncovered that Jhaj provided gifts, money and a holiday to the Ukrainian mother over the past year as part of his relationship with her.
• The nine-year-old girl and her 41-year-old mother were released without charge after police confirmed the child suffered no physical or sexual violence.
• Prosecutors are probing Jhaj’s use of forged documents and a counterfeit identity to rent the park outside public hours for the mock wedding.