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Paramount Sued for Child Abuse Over Underage Nudity in 1968's Romeo and Juliet
CBR ^ | Jan 3, 2023 | Emily Zogbi

Posted on 01/04/2023 7:06:59 AM PST by where's_the_Outrage?

Olivia Hussey and Leonard Whiting, who starred in 1968's Romeo and Juliet, filed a lawsuit against Paramount for child abuse over a nude scene in the film.

Paramount Sued for Child Abuse Over Underage Nudity in 1968's Romeo and Juliet

Per Deadline, Hussey and Whiting filed the lawsuit in Santa Monica Superior Court on Jan. 3, accusing Paramount of sexual exploitation and the distribution of nude images of underage children. Now in their 70s, both actors were teenagers at the time they starred in the film; Hussey, who played Juliet, was 15 and Whiting, who played Romeo, was 16. The actors are seeking damages of over $100 million. "believed to be in excess of $500 million."

Based on William Shakespeare's iconic play of the same name, Romeo and Juliet was nominated for Best Picture at the Academy Awards at the time of its release. Directed by Franco Zeffirelli, who died in 2019, the film includes a nude bedroom scene that showed Whiting's buttocks and Hussey's breasts. According to the suit, Zeffirelli told both actors at the time that "no nudity would be filmed" for Romeo and Juliet and they would instead wear "flesh-colored undergarments" for the scene.

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TOPICS: Arts/Photography; Chit/Chat; Society
KEYWORDS: francozeffirelli; frdegenerates; frpedophiles; frrapeapologists; hollywood; juliet; lawsuite; oliviahussey; paramount; romeo; wheresthepedophile
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To: where's_the_Outrage?

they are still making movies? I hope they aren’t naked in any of them now.


21 posted on 01/04/2023 7:19:49 AM PST by ronniesgal (Just GET A JOB already. )
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To: where's_the_Outrage?

One of the 20 best films ever made. Exquisite.


22 posted on 01/04/2023 7:22:13 AM PST by montag813
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To: bigdaddy45

They may have some bitterness that their stardom faded after it peaked with this film. I find it difficult to believe that they are feel in any way humiliated or embarrassed by the scene in question.


23 posted on 01/04/2023 7:24:27 AM PST by Monterrosa-24 (To the barricades !!!)
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To: lee martell

“It’s Hedley...”


24 posted on 01/04/2023 7:26:22 AM PST by EEGator
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To: Governor Dinwiddie
Romeo and Juliet is not lascivious in any way.

The play, as written, is not. Nor was the movie in question, IIRC. But what happened on the movie set during rehearsals and filming?

I don't know. I wasn't there. Do you know?

25 posted on 01/04/2023 7:26:39 AM PST by Chuckster (Friends don't let friends eat farmed fish)
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To: where's_the_Outrage?

It is never too late to sue, when one needs the money.


26 posted on 01/04/2023 7:26:56 AM PST by ArtDodger
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To: shadowlands1960
I guess it would have been worse if Hussey was Juliet’s actual age in the play

Juliet dei Capuleti (1290-1303)

27 posted on 01/04/2023 7:28:30 AM PST by Fiji Hill
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To: EEGator

LOL. It was a nice break from having to thumb through the National Geographic magazines.


28 posted on 01/04/2023 7:28:55 AM PST by Scarpetta (Trump won...by a lot. )
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To: where's_the_Outrage?

***the film includes a nude bedroom scene that showed Whiting’s buttocks and Hussey’s breasts.***

What a joke! I saw this movie back then, rated “R”! Now it has been downgraded to PG with no cuts.

As for this scene, if you blink you will miss her flash of breast as it happens so fast, maybe one half second, and all you see of Romeo is his back side when getting out of bed. And that is all the nudity in that movie.


29 posted on 01/04/2023 7:29:29 AM PST by Ruy Dias de Bivar (“No man’s life, liberty, or property are safe while the legislature is in session.”)
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To: windcliff

Ping


30 posted on 01/04/2023 7:30:29 AM PST by stylecouncilor (Mostly peaceful.)
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To: where's_the_Outrage?

Stupid stupid stupid.

They must be poor now and need the money, but that need is no excuse for filing a suit that if legitimate needed to be filed a long time ago.


31 posted on 01/04/2023 7:30:59 AM PST by Wuli
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To: Scarpetta

LOL. In my day it was hoping the Spice Channel would descramble enough for a moment...


32 posted on 01/04/2023 7:31:29 AM PST by EEGator
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To: lee martell

Think of all those porn films and magazines with a 15 year old Traci Lords...


33 posted on 01/04/2023 7:35:41 AM PST by Ruy Dias de Bivar (“No man’s life, liberty, or property are safe while the legislature is in session.”)
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To: PghBaldy
We watched the film in school. Not sure which grade but between 6-12th.

We also watched the film for high school English class, during a field trip to the movie theater. It was very tastefully done throughout. I think these 2 want to supplement their Social Security checks, waiting until now to file. How ridiculous.

34 posted on 01/04/2023 7:39:56 AM PST by EinNYC
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To: Chuckster

I know that they aren’t suing for something that you don’t know happened on the set.

They are suing for the nudity in the movie.

OK??


35 posted on 01/04/2023 7:48:48 AM PST by Herodes
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To: where's_the_Outrage?

Well she was a hussey.


36 posted on 01/04/2023 7:51:19 AM PST by 9422WMR (45 1. Lie, cheat, steal. It’s how the democRATS operate. )
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To: EEGator

No, it’s Hedy.


37 posted on 01/04/2023 7:54:10 AM PST by WaldenPond (No Taxation Without Representation)
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To: peggybac

READ THE ARTICLE

They used a temporary legal loophole that suspended the sculpture of limitations.


38 posted on 01/04/2023 7:54:15 AM PST by Mr. K (No consequence of repealing obamacare is worse than obamacare its ? And the ambassador to Ukraineelf)
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To: where's_the_Outrage?
Olivia Hussey and Leonard Whiting, who starred in 1968's Romeo and Juliet, filed a lawsuit against Paramount...

Hussey is properly named for the type of woman she is.

39 posted on 01/04/2023 7:57:31 AM PST by Navy Patriot (Celebrate Decivilization)
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To: where's_the_Outrage?

Olivia must need money for the old folks home.

They can be expensive.


40 posted on 01/04/2023 8:04:07 AM PST by moovova ("The NEXT election is the most important election of our lifetimes!“ LOL...)
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