In 2021, actress Gina Carano was separated from the Disney and Lucasfilm series The Mandalorianfor having compared on his social networks being a Republican today to being a Jew at the time of the Holocaust.
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This Tuesday, February 6, Gina Carano, who is also a model, filed a lawsuit against both companies over her firing from The Mandalorian in California Federal Court. All this with the peculiarity that Elon Musk will finance this legal action.
This is because the tycoon had made a public promise: pay lawyers to all the people who are discriminated against because of their posts on their social networks (formerly Twitter).
The funding from Musk was surprising, because the controversy that caused the actress’s dismissal was caused by a publication on her Instagram stories, which has nothing to do with the billionaire’s social network.
“As a sign of X Corp.’s commitment to freedom of expression, we are proud to provide financial support to Gina Carano’s cause, encouraging her to assert her rights in bullyingharassment or discrimination,” said Joe Benarroch, X’s head of business operations.
In the lawsuit, Carano asks to force the production company Lucasfilm to hire her again and, furthermore, that pay him damages of at least 75 thousand dollars.
X, the social network owned by Elon Musk, will finance the lawsuit. Photo: AFP.The controversy and the dismissal
“As history changes, most people 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 because they were Jews.” How is this different from hating? anyone for his political opinions?” reads the post of the actress, avowedly republican, which sparked the scandal.
The same day both the producer of the series published the post The Mandalonian as his agency, UTA, informed him of his automatic dismissal. However, Carano will only sue Lucasflim and Disney, leaving UTA out of the legal action.
In the legal document filed in the Federal Court, the model explains that both companies “have made it clear that only one form of thought, speech or action is acceptable in their empire, and that those who have dared to question or have not fully complied they would not be tolerated.”
Moreover, He added that Disney turned a blind eye to publications made on social networks by Pedro Pascal and Mark Hamilltwo of his castmates from the series.
The controversial actress during the premiere of “The Mandalorian” in Los Angeles. Photo: AP.In these posts, Both compared former President Donald Trump and his followers to Adolf Hitler and the Nazis.. However, in what the actor indicates as a clear act of discrimination and sexismthe company took no action against them, despite them making controversial political statements.
It is not the first time that Gina Carano has found herself at the center of a controversy of this kind. In the past, the actress who played Cara Dune in the series had opposed the use of masks. Furthermore, she had already publicly supported comments assuring that racism does not exist in the United States.
Source: Clarin
