JAMES Franco has agreed to pay $2.2 million in a sexual misconduct suit. The actor was sued after he allegedly “pushed students to perform in explicit sex scenes.” James, 43, and associated entities have agreed to pay $2,235,000 to resolve a lawsuit in which he was accused of pushing several of his acting students into performing explicit sex scenes on camera.
Two of the actor’s former students- Sarah Tither-Kaplan and Toni Gaal- led the lawsuit, which was first filed in October 2020.
In the filing, the students alleged that they were both victims of fraud at the hands of the actor. James taught at Studio 4 Film School in both New York and Los Angeles.
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