James Franco settled a 2019 class action lawsuit that accused him of sexual misconduct with students at the acting school he founded.Sarah Tither-Kaplan and Toni Gaal, who are two of the 42-year-old actor’s former students at the now-closed Studio 4 school, agreed to drop their claims, according to court documents obtained by Variety and filed on February 11.
Their allegations of sexual exploitation were dismissed without prejudice too, meaning they can be refiled in the future. Fraud claims from the suit are subject to limited release.The amount of money involved in the deal is not known.
The settlement is expected to be submitted for preliminary court approval by March 15.Franco addressed the sexual misconduct allegations in January 2018,
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