Gina Carano Launches Legal Battle Against Disney and LucasFilm, Backed by Elon Musk

Former star of Disney Plus’ The Mandalorian, Gina Carano, who was fired from the show after making comments comparing Republicans in America to Jewish people during the Holocaust, has filed a lawsuit in Federal Court claiming wrongful termination and discrimination. She is seeking an injunction from the court that would force Disney and LucasFilm to rehire her for the Star Wars show.

Gina Carano is sueing Disney and Lucasfilm for discrimination and wrongful termination

She is seeking a court order that would force Lucasfilm to recast her

Elon Musk is paying her legal bill because of his promise to support those who claim they have been discriminated… pic.twitter.com/p6f5rnxdZy

— Culture Crave 🍿 (@CultureCrave) February 6, 2024

In a twist to this story, X (formerly Twitter) announced that it would be footing Carano’s legal bills. Elon Musk had pledged to X users that he would pay their legal bills if they were discriminated against because of their activity on the social media platform.

In a statement, X’s head of business operations, Joe Benarroch, said,

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.

LucasFilm and Disney announced that Carano would not return to The Mandalorian in 2021 after Carano took to X and said:

Most people today don’t realize that to get to the point where Naxi 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?

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

In her lawsuit against the Walt Disney Company, Carano claimed that LucasFilm and Disney harassed her for not conforming to their opinions on social issues. She claims that after being fired, Disney and LucasFilm harassed her and defamed her reputation.

Carano said that Disney and LucasFilms turned a blind eye to male cast members who harassed right-leaning politicians online, including her co-star Pedro Pascal. She specifically pointed to a post on X in which Pascal compared former President Donald Trump to Adolf Hitler.

Carano is seeking $75,000 in damages and wants to be recast in the Disney Plus show. She said in a statement:

Some of us have been unjustly singled out, harassed, persecuted and had our livelihoods stripped away because we dared to encourage conversation, asked questions, and refused to go along with the mob.

Casual reminder that Gina was given the opportunity multiple times to retract her hateful, outright ignorant statements, and delete her posts. Not just by Disney and Lucasfilm, but even by Jon Faverau himself.

She didn’t, and was respectfully fired from the show. This holds no… https://t.co/vDRVKZBIsL

— jacob. (@jtimsuggs) February 6, 2024

After taking over Twitter (now X) last year, Elon Musk pledged that he would support any users who were being harassed or faced discrimination for what they have said on the social media platform. Musk said that he would go after any company and would pay any price to fight what he perceives as discrimination. Carano’s case is the first time Musk has spent money defending someone fired over something they said on X.

Carano was told that if she met with representatives from the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Discrimination and apologized, she could keep her job. After she refused, she was offered an opportunity to meet with LucasFilm President Kathleen Kennedy and members of the LGBTQ+ community. She was again refused and was terminated shortly after.

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