Deal reached in suit alleging misconduct at acting school
A tentative settlement has been reached in a lawsuit that alleges James Franco intimidated students at an acting and film school he founded into gratuitous and exploitative sexual situations, attorneys for the plaintiffs said Saturday.
The sides filed a joint status report in Los Angeles Superior Court telling a judge that a settlement had been reached in the class-action lawsuit brought by former students at the now-defunct school, Studio 4, though elements of the lawsuit may live on.
Actresses and ex-students Sarah Tither-kaplan and Toni Gaal, who filed the suit in 2019, have agreed to drop their individual claims under the agreement, according to the filing.