{"id":28119,"date":"2021-07-01T13:15:43","date_gmt":"2021-07-01T03:15:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/?post_type=articles&#038;p=196321"},"modified":"2021-07-01T04:49:14","modified_gmt":"2021-07-01T04:49:14","slug":"james-franco-settlement-sexual-misconduct-lawsuit","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/articles\/james-franco-settlement-sexual-misconduct-lawsuit\/","title":{"rendered":"James Franco To Pay Settlement In Sexual Misconduct Lawsuit"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_191272\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-191272\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption alignfull -width\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignfull-width size-full wp-image-191272\" src=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/GettyImages-109480486.jpg\" alt=\"James Franco Anne Hathaway\" width=\"1024\" height=\"754\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-191272\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">HOLLYWOOD, CA &#8211; FEBRUARY 27: Hosts James Franco and Anne Hathaway speak onstage during the 83rd Annual Academy Awards held at the Kodak Theatre on February 27, 2011 in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Kevin Winter\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>James Franco has been forced to pay $2.2 million USD to settle several sexual misconduct lawsuits after two plaintiffs accused the actor of sexual harassment, exploitation and coercion. The lawsuit also involves Vince Jolivette and Jay Davis, who allegedly ran the Rabbit Bandini production company and Studio 4 film school for personal and financial benefit.<\/p>\n<p>The plaintiffs are former students Sarah Tither-Kaplan and Toni Gaal who detailed accounts of misconduct at the hands of Franco to the\u00a0<em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/business\/hollywood\/la-fi-ct-james-franco-allegations-20180111-htmlstory.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Los Angeles Times<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>In a joint motion from June 24 and obtained by <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/au\/news\/1285148\/james-franco-to-pay-s2-2-million-in-sexual-misconduct-lawsuit-settlement\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">E! News<\/a>,\u00a0<\/em>the\u00a0<em>Disaster Artist\u00a0<\/em>actor as well as Jolivette and Davis will pay a reported $894,000 USD to settle the women&#8217;s claims in addition to one third allotment for their attorney&#8217;s fees.<\/p>\n<p>But that&#8217;s not all. The three defendants will reportedly pay $1.341 million to two separate class action funds for those who paid tuition for one or more Master Class courses at Studio 4 Film School as well as any course at Studio 4 Film School in Los Angeles or New York during the class action period.<\/p>\n<p>Tither-Kaplan and Gaal accused Franco of &#8220;widespread inappropriate and sexually charged behavior towards female students by sexualizing their power as a teacher and an employer by dangling the opportunity for roles in their projects.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI got it in my head pretty quickly that, OK, you don\u2019t say \u2018no\u2019 to this guy,\u201d Tither-Kaplan said in the aforementioned interview for the <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/business\/hollywood\/la-fi-ct-james-franco-allegations-20180111-htmlstory.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">LA Times<\/a>.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p>At the time, Franco appeared on the <em>The Late Show with Stephen Colbert\u00a0<\/em>just days later and denied the allegations.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe things that I heard that were on Twitter are not accurate, but I completely support people coming out and being able to have a voice,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/articles\/james-franco-accused-sexual-misconduct-five-women\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Franco said<\/a>. \u201cIf I have done something wrong, I will fix it \u2014 I have to.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Days later the <em>New York Times\u00a0<\/em>cancelled his appearance for an event he was set to host, was s<a href=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/articles\/james-franco-snubbed-oscar-nominations-sexual-harassment-allegations\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">nubbed from the Oscars nominations<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/articles\/james-franco-photoshopped-magazine-cover-sexual-misconduct-claims\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">photoshopped out of a\u00a0<em>Vanity Fair\u00a0<\/em>cover.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The news of Franco broke soon after it was announced that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.abc.net.au\/news\/2021-07-01\/bill-cosby-prison-release-sexual-assault-overturned\/100257590\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Bill Cosby&#8217;s sexual assault conviction was overturned<\/a>. He was accused of drugging and molesting Andrea Constand in 2004. And it wasn&#8217;t the only case against him. The 83-year-old walked free from prison today after serving just two years behind bars.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1627,"featured_media":28120,"template":"","format":"standard","categories":[23,16],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v18.5 (Yoast SEO v20.4) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>James Franco To Pay Settlement In Sexual Misconduct Lawsuit - Grazia USA<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"James Franco has been forced to pay $2.2 million USD to settle several sexual misconduct lawsuits after two plaintiffs accused the actor of sexual harassment, exploitation and coercion.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/articles\/james-franco-settlement-sexual-misconduct-lawsuit\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"James Franco To Pay Settlement In Sexual Misconduct Lawsuit\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"James Franco has been forced to pay $2.2 million USD to settle several sexual misconduct lawsuits after two plaintiffs accused the actor of sexual harassment, exploitation and coercion.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/articles\/james-franco-settlement-sexual-misconduct-lawsuit\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Grazia USA\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2021-07-01T04:49:14+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2021\/07\/GettyImages-109480486-Cropped.jpg?fit=1368%2C770\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1368\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"770\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/articles\/james-franco-settlement-sexual-misconduct-lawsuit\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/articles\/james-franco-settlement-sexual-misconduct-lawsuit\/\",\"name\":\"James Franco To Pay Settlement In Sexual Misconduct Lawsuit - 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