One America News Network By Abril Elfi
Actress Gina Carano, a former MMA fighter, is suing Disney and Lucasfilm over her firing from the television show The Mandalorian in a lawsuit that is reportedly being funded by Elon Musk.
Carano is suing the companies for “discrimination and wrongful termination” in a complaint filed on Tuesday in federal court in California.
Today is an important day for me–I am filing a lawsuit against @lucasfilm & @Disney
After my 20 years of building a career from scratch, and during the regime of former Disney CEO Bob Chapek, Lucasfilm made this statement on Twitter, terminating me from The Mandalorian: “Gina…— Gina Carano 🕯 (@ginacarano) February 6, 2024
The filing alleges that she was fired for voicing her right-wing political opinions on social media and Carano is now seeking a court order to have Lucasfilm recast her.
Musk will reportedly help fund Carano’s legal defense and lawsuit.
Musk also previously suggested that he will “foot the legal bill” for any X (Twitter) users who say that they have been discriminated against due to their activity on his social media platform.
X’s head of business operations, Joe Benarroch, released a statement regarding the situation.
“As a sign of X Corp’s commitment to free speech, we’re proud to provide financial support for Gina Carano’s lawsuit, empowering her to seek vindication of her free speech rights on X and the ability to work without bullying, harassment, or discrimination.”
In 2021, Lucasfilm had announced that Castrano would not be returning to the series after she said in a social media post that, “most people today don’t realize that to get to the point where Nazi soldiers could easily round up thousands of Jews, the government first made their own neighbors hate them simply for being Jews. How is that any different from hating someone for their political views?”
Carano had also previously mocked COVID-19 government mandates regarding face masks during the pandemic and suggested that voter fraud occurred during the 2020 presidential election.
In a statement clarifying the post on X, Carano said on Tuesday, “My words were consistently twisted to demonize & dehumanize me as an alt-right wing extremist.”
The complaint alleges that Carano was harassed and defamed by Disney and Lucasfilm for not agreeing with their political positions on topics such as Black Lives Matter, preferred pronouns, and allegations of election meddling.
Carano claims that although she was fired for her religious and cultural views, the media giant ignored her male co-stars’ allegedly derogatory and offensive remarks about Republicans. She cited a 2017 social media post by Disney actor Pedro Pascal where he compared Hitler to former President Donald Trump…
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