A failed restaurateur who was caught peddling inside information swiped from the Walt Disney Co. wants leniency for his admittedly dumb scam.

In papers filed yesterday in Manhattan Supreme Court, Yonni Sebbag’s lawyer, Steven Kartagener, said his client’s scheme was a “foolish and amateurish effort.”

Sebbag got the information from his girlfriend, Bonnie Hoxie, who worked for Disney.