James Franco's lawyers claim accusers are jumping 'on the MeToo bandwagon'
a sexual assault lawsuit filed against him, claiming his accusers wanted to “jump on the [#MeToo] bandwagon.” Yes, makes sense, womenSarah Tither-Kaplan and Toni Gaal filed the suit in October,that at Franco’s now-shuttered film and acting school, students were pressured to perform “simulated sex acts” that “went far beyond the standards in the industry.
“The salacious allegations in the complaint have made great tabloid fodder, but like most tabloid stories, they are false and inflammatory, legally baseless and brought as a class action with the obvious goal of grabbing as much publicity as possible for attention-hungry plaintiffs,” Franco’s attorneys wrote in their filings.In a statement the plaintiff’s lawyer James Vagnini rebutted the filing. “Mr.
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