Actress Gina Carano has filed a lawsuit against Disney and Lucasfilm after Elon Musk helped fund a lawyer to take on her alleged lawsuit. unfair dismissal and discrimination.
Carano is a former MMA fighter who spent two seasons as a Rebel Ranger. cara dune The blockbuster movie “Star Wars” series “The Mandalorian.” Despite the success of her show and Carano’s apparent popularity with fans, Disney executives fired her in February 2021 because some of her social media posts did not align with the company’s “values.” .
“Gina Carano is not currently employed by Lucasfilm and has no plans to be employed in the future.” statement Lucasfilm said this at the time. “Nonetheless, her social media posts that denigrate people based on their cultural and religious identity are abhorrent and unacceptable.”
During and after the 2020 government-imposed lockdown, Carano took to Twitter (now called X) to question a number of national policies, including vaccine mandates and election integrity. “I was hounded from every post I posted to every post I liked because I wasn’t following the accepted narrative at the time,” Carano said in a long X. I mentioned it in. post Announcement of lawsuit. “My words were consistently twisted to demonize and dehumanize me as an alt-right extremist.
“It was a bullying smear campaign aimed at silencing me, destroying me, and making an example of me.”
Carano was not only targeted for her personal opinions; lawsuit That’s what I was told, but I’m a woman. “Her male co-stars were not disciplined, let alone fired in a way that destroyed her career, even though some found their comments ‘abhorrent’,” the newspaper said. Ta.
Carano insisted on “X” that she maintains good relationships with “all” of her former co-stars. ”[T]All that exists between us here is compassion and kind words,” she insisted.
The lawsuit, filed Tuesday in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California, is humorously peppered with references to “Star Wars.” “Some time ago, in a galaxy not too far away,” the lawsuit begins, “the defendants realized that the only orthodoxy in thought, speech, and action was accepted in their empire, and they dared not question it. “Compliance with full compliance is not acceptable.”
“And that was the case with Carano.”
In her lawsuit, Carano is seeking a return to her former role as “The Mandalorian.” The defense acknowledged that her termination was “unlawful and in violation of California law.” Loss coverage of at least $75,000. Other damages as she also lost her promised role in another “Star Wars” series, “Rangers of the New Republic.” Damages due to emotional distress. Any other punitive damages will be determined in court.
Carano said in X that this lawsuit probably wouldn’t have happened if Elon Musk hadn’t offered to help people fired for using Twitter to exercise their First Amendment free speech rights. He said it would have been. ”[N]”I never dreamed that someone would take on my case against Lucasfilm/Disney,” Carano wrote. “To my surprise, a few months ago I received an email from a lawyer hired by Company X. Please read my story and many others.”
Joe Benarroch, Company X’s business operations manager admitted Company X’s involvement in the lawsuit. “As a demonstration of Company X’s commitment to free speech, we are proud to provide financial support to Gina Carano’s lawsuit,” he said in a statement. Work without bullying, harassment, or discrimination.”
Carano added: “I am grateful that someone came to my defense in such a powerful way and I look forward to clearing my name.”
Disney did not respond to Deadline’s request for comment.
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