James Franco and Accusers Reach Settlement in Sexual Misconduct Lawsuit
Actor was accused in a 2019 suit of sexually exploiting acting class studentsRosemary Rossi | February 21, 2021 @ 11:04 AM Last Updated: February 21, 2021 @ 11:36 AM
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James Franco and two former students in his acting school have reached a tentative deal to settle a 2019 lawsuit in which they accused the actor of intimidating them into gratuitous and exploitative sexual situations.
According to a joint status report filed in the Los Angeles Superior Court on Feb. 11, actresses and ex-students Sarah Tither-Kaplan and Toni Gaal have agreed to drop their individual claims against Franco and his Playhouse West Studio 4. “The settlement will be further memorialized in a Joint Stipulation of Settlement to be filed with the Court at a later date,” the law firm Valli Kane & Vagnini said in a statement.