James Franco’s Accusers File Lawsuit Claiming His Acting School Sexually Exploited Them! – Perez Hilton

October 5, 2019 Off By WhoThatCelebsRS

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The former students go as far as to claim the now-defunct program was essentially a scheme to provide Franco and his male collaborators with a procession of eager young female performers they could take advantage of.

James denied the accusations through his lawyer Michael Plonkser, who in a statement called the lawsuit “ill-informed,” adding:

“James will not only fully defend himself, but will also seek damages from the plaintiffs and their attorneys for filing this scurrilous publicity-seeking lawsuit.””

Tither-Kaplan and Gaal joined the Los Angeles branch of Studio 4 in 2014, where they each paid a monthly tuition of about $300. They claim students were promised opportunities to audition for independent films The Deuce star directed and produced. Although these auditions were supposed to be exclusive to Studio 4 students, the women claim they were open to other actors as well.

The women said the school also offered master classes, including a $750 session for sex scenes where prospective students had to audition on videotape and sign away their rights to the footage.

In these auditions and classes, the women claim they were denied the protections of nudity riders and other film-industry guidelines protecting how actors can be shot and treated in nude scenes. The suit accuses the master class of preying on “often young and inexperienced females” who “were routinely pressured to engage in simulated sex acts that went far beyond the standards in the industry.”

Gaal alleges she recorded an audition for the master class on sex scenes and participated in a callback, but was not chosen to be in the class after she questioned how it was being run.