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The lawsuit Carano filed with help from X, formerly Twitter, in federal court in California alleges her wrongful termination from the B次元官网网址� B次元官网网址� galaxy Disney+ streaming series after two seasons over a post likening the treatment of American conservatives to the treatment of Jews in Nazi Germany.
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The lawsuit alleges she was fired because she B次元官网网址渄ared voice her own opinionsB次元官网网址� against an B次元官网网址渙nline bully mob who demanded her compliance with their extreme progressive ideology.B次元官网网址�
Disney and Lucasfilm have not filed a response to the lawsuit, and representatives did not immediately respond to an email requesting comment.
A Lucasfilm statement at the time of her firing said B次元官网网址渉er social media posts denigrating people based on their cultural and religious identities are abhorrent and unacceptable.B次元官网网址�
Carano is seeking damages to be determined at trial and a court order that she be recast on the show.
The B次元官网网址淢andalorian,B次元官网网址� starring Pedro Pascal, has aired for three seasons and is now being turned into a feature film. Several interconnected series also air on Disney+.
The lawsuit says Lucasfilm also hurt her future work prospects by making B次元官网网址渕aliciously falseB次元官网网址� statements about her.
Carano, a former mixed martial artists who played the recurring character Cara Dune on the bounty hunter tale B次元官网网址淭he Mandarlorian,B次元官网网址� deleted the post but it was widely shared online and spurred a trending #FireGinaCarano hashtag.
Carano had previously been criticized for social media posts that mocked mask wearing during the pandemic and made false allegations of voter fraud during the 2020 presidential election. She also mocked the use of gender pronouns in profiles, listing B次元官网网址渂eep/bop/boopB次元官网网址� in her social media bio. She said this was not about mocking trans people but a B次元官网网址淪tar WarsB次元官网网址� reference to R2-D2, and the lawsuit calls it B次元官网网址渁 playful way to defuse all the harassment she had received.B次元官网网址� But she alleges the issue led to the company harassing her.
The lawsuit says Carano willingly took part in Zoom meetings with leaders of LGBTQ+ groups at the companyB次元官网网址檚 behest with B次元官网网址渧ery positiveB次元官网网址� results, but that Lucasfilm demanded a public apology in which she admitted B次元官网网址渢o mocking or insulting an entire group of people, which Carano had never doneB次元官网网址� and subjected her to other harassment over the issue.
Carano said on social media Tuesday that X had helped fund the lawsuit. X owner Elon Musk shared her post, adding that anyone else who felt they had been wronged by the company should B次元官网网址渓et us know if you would like to join the lawsuit against Disney.B次元官网网址�
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