Leonard whiting and olivia hussey rewrote a piece of film history on dec 30, when they filed a lawsuit alleging they were sexually exploited in the 1968 film version of romeo and juliet. Romeo & juliet stars of the 1968 movie have filed a second lawsuit against paramount for the 2023 movie rerelease, including a nude scene as minors. A judge dismissed the lawsuit by 'romeo & Juliet' stars olivia hussey and leonard whiting over the film's nude scene, citing consent and statute of limitations. Olivia hussey and leonard whiting, who starred in 1968's 'romeo and juliet,' filed a new lawsuit over a nude scene involving minors after the film's new criterion home release.
The two stars of 1968's romeo and juliet sued paramount pictures for more than $500 million on tuesday over a nude scene in the film shot when they were teens Olivia hussey, then 15 and now 71. Earlier this year, lead actors olivia hussey and leonard whiting sued paramount for sexual exploitation and child abuse over the use of nude footage in the movie, which was captured when they were. A los angeles judge says she will dismiss a child sex abuse lawsuit brought by the stars of the 1968 film romeo and juliet Olivia hussey and leonard whiting alleged the film's director coerced. Should the hussey and whiting lawsuit move forward through discovery, statements hussey made in 2018 about her memoir, the girl on the balcony
At the time, hussey specifically discussed the nude love scene with variety.
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