A Los Angeles County judge on Thursday said she will dismiss a lawsuit that the stars of 1968's “Romeo and Juliet' filed over the film's nude scene, which they said involved them being subjected to fraud, and sexual abuse and harassment, when they were in their teens.
Leonard Whiting, left, and Olivia Hussey arrive at the screening of "The Producers" at the 2018 TCM Classic Film Festival Opening Night at the TCL Chinese Theatre on April 26, 2018, in Los Angeles.
In her written decision, she also found that the suit didn't fall within the bounds of a California law that temporarily suspended the statute of limitations for child sexual abuse, and that a February re-release of the film did not change that. The film and its theme song were major hits at the time, and — despite the nude scene that briefly shows Whiting's bare buttocks and Hussey's bare breasts — it was played for generations of high school students studying Shakespeare's tragedy.
Despite those assurances, they were filmed in the nude without their knowledge, in violation of California and federal laws against indecency and the exploitation of children, the suit alleged.
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