On Wednesday, Walt Disney Parks and Resorts sued Republican Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and his hand-picked oversight board.

According to the complaint (pdf), filed in the United State District Court for the Northwestern District of Florida, the theme park giant is accusing the potential 2024 presidential candidate of engaging in “a targeted campaign of government retaliation” as “punishment for Disney’s protected speech.”

“At the Governor’s bidding, the State’s oversight board has purported to ‘void’ publicly noticed and duly agreed development contracts, which had laid the foundation for billions of Disney’s investment dollars and thousands of jobs,” the complain claims, adding that the move was “patently retaliatory, patently anti-business, and patently unconstitutional.”

The complaint also says DeSantis doesn’t plan to stop there, noting how his team “also planned ‘to look at things like taxes on the hotels,’ ‘tolls on the roads,’ ‘developing some of the property that the district owns’ with more amusement parks,’ and even putting a ‘state prison’ next to Disney World.'”

“Who knows,” the complaint quotes DeSantis saying. “I just think the possibilities are endless.”

The battle between DeSantis and Disney began nearly two years ago when the family theme park mandated COVID-19 vaccinations for its employees in July 2021. On Nov. 18, 2021, DeSantis countered by signing legislation effectively banning vaccine mandates in the Sunshine State.

In March 2022 Disney caved to pressure from LGBT activists to oppose the governor’s Parental Rights in Education legislation, dubbed by critics as the “Don’t Say Gay” bill. CEO Bob Chapek sent a message to all employees “especially our LGBTQ+ community,” apologizing for not acting sooner, adding that Disney would pause all political contributions in the state. Disney doubled down saying the bill should be struck down by the courts.

In April 2022, DeSantis retaliated with a threat to repeal the 1967 Reedy Creek Improvement Act.

The battle raged on until Disney finally filed its lawsuit.

The complaint states that “Disney regrets that it has come to this. But having exhausted efforts to seek resolution, the Company is left with no choice but to file this lawsuit to protect its cast members, guests and local development partners from a relentless campaign to weaponize government power against Disney in retaliation for expressing a political viewpoint unpopular with certain State officials.”

The Epoch Times reached out to Disney and DeSantis’s office for comment.