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James Franco Sued By Ex-Acting Students For Sexual Misconduct

Paul Bois
James Franco Sued By Ex-Acting Students For Sexual Misconduct
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It seems the #MeToo train will not be letting actor James Franco off at the next stop anytime soon. Nearly two years after seeing his Oscar chances derailed by a spate of sexual misconduct allegations, the “127 Hours” actor has now been hit with a lawsuit from two of his former acting students for alleged sexual harassment and discrimination.

“The lawsuit, filed in Los Angeles County Superior Court by Sarah Tither-Kaplan and Toni Gaal, seeks class-action status for themselves and an unspecified number of other ‘similarly situated women’ who attended classes at Studio 4, the acting school that Franco ran from 2014 to 2017,” reports NBC News.

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