Disney, CAA and Miramax are being sued by Julia Ormond over an alleged sexual assault by Harvey Weinstein in 1995. While the Legends of the Fall actress does not name her then-agents Bryan Lourd an…
actress does not name her then-agents Bryan Lourd and Kevin Huvane or former Disney executives Jeffery Katzenberg and Michael Eisner in the filing made Wednesday in New York State Supreme Court,
Claiming the now-incarcerated Weinstein forced himself upon her for oral sex, Ormand alleges that CAA and Disney, the latter of which owned Weinstein’s Miramax, knew of the Oscar-winning producer’s predatory behavior and did nothing to protect her. The suit for battery , negligent supervision and retention , negligence , breach of fiduciary duty , also claims Weinstein retaliated and Miramax terminated Ormond’s contract ceasing commitments to the projects in development, and that CAA transferred her to a younger, inexperienced agent, and no longer was working on her behalf, significantly lessening and changing their representation of her.
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