Actress and mixed martial arts star Gina Carano is suing the Walt Disney Company for firing her from the Star Wars series. the mandalorian In 2021, she claimed the studio discriminated against her because of her political beliefs, violating California law.
Gina Carano filed a lawsuit Tuesday in California federal court against Disney and its Lucasfilm division. In a notable development, her lawsuit is being funded by Elon Musk’s X Company. Company X has pledged to fund lawsuits by people who claim they were discriminated against by their employers because of what they said on social media platforms.
Carano also claims that Disney defamed her by misrepresenting her social media posts and personality, causing her to lose representation, legal representation and future employment opportunities.
“We trust our leaders and those in power to act fairly, calmly and steadfastly, to listen to all sides, to keep the peace, and to act justly,” Carano said in a statement. “There is,” he said.
But “some of us have been unfairly singled out, harassed, persecuted, and stripped of our livelihoods because we dared to engage in conversation, ask questions, or refuse to cooperate with the mob.” .”
Today is an important day for me. I will file a lawsuit against. @Lucasfilm & @Disney
After 20 years of building my career from scratch, Lucasfilm, under former Disney CEO Bob Chapek, banned me from The Mandalorian with the following statement on Twitter: “Gina…— Gina Carano 🕯 (@ginacarano) February 6, 2024
The actress played recurring character Cara Dune in the first two seasons of the Disney+ streaming series the mandalorian before she was fired in 2021.
Disney and Lucasfilm also reportedly backed out of plans to cast Carano as one of the stars of a planned spinoff Disney+ series. Ranger of the New Republic.
“Disney tried to bully Ms. Carano into conforming to its views on cultural and political issues, and when that bullying failed, Disney fired her,” said Shah Jaffe, LLP. said Jean Schall, managing partner and barrister at the firm. case.
“It is illegal under California law to punish employees for their comments on political or social issues.”
At the time of Carano’s firing, Disney issued a statement saying, “Social media posts that denigrate people based on their cultural or religious identity are abhorrent and unacceptable.”
The studio did not disclose the posting in question.
For years, Carano has used her social media accounts, including her Twitter account at the time, to criticize many left-wing sacrosancts, including mask mandates, coronavirus lockdowns and transgender pronouns. . She also expressed her skepticism about the integrity of the 2020 election.
The post that seemed to immediately precipitate her ouster was an Instagram post in which Carano intended to emphasize how unjust it is for a mob to try to crush someone for political speech. . “Carano made no references to political parties or particular viewpoints, nor did she compare individuals or groups to Jews during the Holocaust. Rather, she emphasized the dangers that arise when a viewpoint is raised as harassment. “sexuality,” the lawsuit states.
“History is so edited that most people today believe that by the time Nazi soldiers could easily round up thousands of Jews, the government first had to treat their neighbors simply as Jews. “You don’t realize that you made them hate you. How is that any different from hating someone because of their political views?” she wrote.
Her comments sparked a cancel culture campaign spearheaded by mainstream news media, resulting in the hashtag #FireGinaCarano trending on Twitter.
Disney ultimately persuaded the actress and fired her.
Some at the time pointed out that there was a double standard at work. Carano’s The Mandalorian co-star Pedro Pascal also used the Holocaust as a political metaphor on social media without being fired by Disney.
The difference is that Carano likened current Democratic Party policy to the Nazis, while Pascal likened the Trump administration to Germany’s Third Reich.
In a 2018 tweet, Pedro Pascal attempted to smear the Trump administration by comparing the detention of migrant children at the border to Nazi concentration camps. Pascal used the hashtag #ThisIsAmerica while juxtaposing a photo of a 1944 Nazi concentration camp with what appears to be a photo of young immigrants in a border facility.
The Walt Disney Company has not yet publicly commented on Carano’s lawsuit.
The case is Carano v. Walt Disney Co., No. 2:24-cv-1009, in the United States District Court for the Central District of California.
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