James Franco Lawsuit Reaches Settlement With Students Who Alleged An Orgy Type Setting
02/21/21 AT 1:34 PM
An initial agreement was reached Saturday in the 2019 sexual misconduct lawsuit against actor James Franco filed by students claiming he created an “orgy type setting” in his fimmaking classes.
Sarah Tither-Kaplan and Toni Gaal, who are former students of Franco s Studio 4 in Los Angeles, have agreed to drop the civil lawsuit and their claims of sexual misconduct pending final approval of the settlement, according to FOX News.
The two sides filed joint status reports on Feb. 11, but word of the pending deal was announced Saturday by the plantiffs attorneys. There was no immediate comment from Franco s lawyers or partners at Studio 4, which he operated from 2014 to 2017.
James Franco Settles Sexual Misconduct Suit
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A settlement deal has been reached in a 2019 lawsuit alleging that James Franco intimidated his students into sexual situations at the acting school he founded.
According to a joint status report filed on Feb. 11, two of Franco’s former students at his now-defunct Studio 4 school, Sarah Tither-Kaplan and Toni Gaal, have agreed to drop their individual claims. Their sexual exploitation claims are also being dismissed without prejudice, which leaves them open to being re-filed. Additionally, fraud allegations brought forward in the suit will be subject to limited release. It is not immediately clear how much money was involved in the settlement deal.