A lawsuit filed in Pennsylvania federal court last week by a Black family allegedly discriminated against at Sesame Place in an incident that has since gone viral is likely headed toward settlement, according to outside legal observers.

The lawsuit, filed in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania by attorneys in Pittsburgh, Harrisburg and Baltimore, alleges race discrimination under U.S. Code Section 1981, breach of contract and negligence after an actor in a Rosita costume appeared to ignore and wave off two Black girls, both 6 years old.

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