Former students are alleging the school was established to “create a steady stream of young women to objectify and exploit.”
Two women are suing actor James Franco, his two business partners, and his production company Rabbit Bandini for allegedly sexually exploiting women who paid to take classes at his acting and filmmaking school, Studio 4.
In addition to paying $300 in monthly tuition, students could pay up to $2,000 for additional “master classes.” According to the lawsuit, Franco oversaw one of those classes, a $750 Sex Scenes master class that, as the name suggests, focused on performing sex scenes. To audition, students were allegedly encouraged to perform and improvise various sex acts.
Additionally, Gaal told NPR on Thursday that the school often asked students to upload auditions, including footage that had nudity. “We were consistently auditioning for projects that had nudity, and we had to upload our self-tapes at home, so they were consistently getting footage of this sensitive nature of work,” she said.
This isn’t the first time that the actor has been involved with controversy over his sexual past. Allegations of sexual misconduct against Franco date back to 2014, when the actor admitted on Live! With Kelly and Michael to hitting on a 17-year-old girl on Instagram; screenshots of their direct messages were made public, showing how Franco, then 35, tried to arrange a hotel hookup with the girl, whom he knew was underage.
— Sarah Tither-Kaplan🌈 January 8, 2018 “I feel there was an abuse of power, and there was a culture of exploiting non-celebrity women, and a culture of women being replaceable,” Tither-Kaplan told the LA Times. In a statement, Franco’s lawyer Michael Plonsker denied the new accusations and called the lawsuit “ill-informed.” His lawyer also stated that Franco will not only fully defend himself, but will also seek damages from the plaintiffs and their attorneys for filing this scurrilous publicity-seeking lawsuit.”
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