Jose Vasquez faces sex charges for groping women in Times Square while dressed as Toy Story's Woody

A MAN dressed as Woody from Toy Story faces sex charges for groping women in Times Square. He's the latest in a string of costumed bum-grabbers in NYC. No, really.

He didn't do it, but a man dressed as Woody has a lot to answ...

A COSTUMED character has been charged with sex offences for groping people in Times Square - the latest in bizarre string of such incidents.

Jose Vasquez, aged 44, faces multiple counts of sexual abuse and forcible touching after police saw him allegedly groping women in Times Square while dressed as the cowboy Woody from the Toy Story movies, CBSreports.

A local community group is now lobbying for tighter controls on costumed people in Times Square because Woody wasn't the first to misbehave.

"This is the latest in a long series of disturbing incidents that reinforce our belief that these costume characters must be licensed and regulated," Times Square Alliance president Tim Tompkins said in a written statement.

The incidents have apparently been going on for the past 18 months.

"The first time we heard about this was a co-worker who came into the office and said 'on my way to work today Elmo just pinched me on the bottom'." Gia Storms from the Alliance said.

"Some of them can be up in your face," Storms added. "There a little bit of pushing and shoving to try and get tips."

In February, a 35-year-old man was accused of punching a woman in the face while in a Spider-Man costume after the woman said she didn't have any money to pay for a photo with her children.

In December 2012, a 32-year-old Super Mario impersonator was charged with groping a woman.

Also in 2012, Dan Sandler was convicted for grabbing little girls and screaming anti-Semitic rants in Times Square while dressed as Elmo - causing a scene that blocked traffic.

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