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Judge Denies CAA’s Motion to Dismiss Julia Ormond’s Lawsuit Over Harvey Weinstein’s Sex Crimes
Judge Denies CAA’s Motion to Dismiss Julia Ormond’s Lawsuit Over Harvey Weinstein’s Sex Crimes-May 2024
May 23, 2025 11:55 AM

CAA has lost its bid to dismiss a lawsuit from Julia Ormond faulting the agency for failing to warn her about Harveys Weinsteins history of sexual misconduct before she took a meeting with the former movie mogul that led to her assault.

Ormond last year filed a wide-reaching lawsuit accusing her ex-agency, Miramax and Disney of turning a blind eye to Weinsteins crimes. After she was assaulted, she said her agents at the time, who were allegedly told by another client that Weinstein proposed sex in exchange for career opportunities, discouraged her from reporting the incident to law enforcement. In an order rejecting dismissal of the case, New York judge Suzanne Adams found on Monday that the allegations suggest that CAA knew or had reason to know of a potential assault by Weinstein that could constitute a breach of agencys s fiduciary duties to Ormond, who rose to prominence in the 90s after starring in Legends of the Fall, First Knight and Sabrina.

Claims were also allowed to proceed against Disney, Miramax and Weinstein.

Ormonds lawsuit pointed to her ex-agents Bryan Lourd and Kevin Huvane encouraging her to take a meeting with Weinstein that led to her being assaulted and not to report the incident to law enforcement. She also blames Disney executives Jeffrey Katzenberg and Michael Eisner for negligently shifting responsibility on supervising Weinstein, with the aim of overlooking the misconduct to continue profiting off of the companys dealing with Miramax. None of the individuals were named in the lawsuit as defendants.

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