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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: WaldenPond

My post had quotations because I was quoting a movie.

It’s from Blazing Saddles.


41 posted on 01/04/2023 8:05:48 AM PST by EEGator
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To: Red Badger

People suing Hollywood wanting to add to their retirement fund in later years.

They knew what they were getting into diving into the Hollywood circuit.....you can’t expect to jump into a cesspool and think you’ll come out clean and odorless.


42 posted on 01/04/2023 8:09:27 AM PST by caww (O death, when you seized my Lord, you lost your grip on me......Augustine)
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To: Red Badger

“Ridiculous..........................”

$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$

Ridiculous, yes, but if it helps to tear down Hollywood and forces them to clean up their movies, I’m all for it.


43 posted on 01/04/2023 8:11:22 AM PST by Eccl 10:2 (Prov 3:5 --- "Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding")
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To: MeganC

That was a body double. She did nude scenes in “Pretty Baby” when she was 12.


44 posted on 01/04/2023 8:15:36 AM PST by Borges
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To: where's_the_Outrage?

Ive been wondering about this as my outrage and offence has not waned!


45 posted on 01/04/2023 8:16:45 AM PST by Delta 21 (MAGA Republican is my pronoun.)
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To: where's_the_Outrage?
You decide. Click here.
46 posted on 01/04/2023 8:17:02 AM PST by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn...)
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To: lee martell

That’s Hedley!


47 posted on 01/04/2023 8:17:18 AM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: Governor Dinwiddie

The director of the movie was a homo.


48 posted on 01/04/2023 8:20:48 AM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: Ruy Dias de Bivar

Still trying to process this having seen the movie when I was a teenager it was a school field trip to the movie theater with a parental consent letter sent out by the teacher.

The male had his private parts taped over for the scene the female I guess it would not have mattered if she had nothing on below her waist.

They both are British nationals it appears and senior citizens I guess they both need money now the cost of living over there skyrocketing.

Harry and Meghan were in a way smart to get out of the place it’s going to Hell at a high rate of speed the cost of heating homes in the winter FUBAR.

Very austere times in the UK.


49 posted on 01/04/2023 9:11:30 AM PST by Nextrush (FREEDOM IS EVERBODY'S BUSINESS-REMEMBER PASTOR NIEMOLLER)
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To: where's_the_Outrage?
Jennifer Connelly was 12 years old when she exposed her naked bottom in Once Upon a Time in America.

Connelly was cast as the young character, and Elizabeth McGovern played the grown up character later in the movie.

50 posted on 01/04/2023 9:19:26 AM PST by zeestephen (43,000)
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To: where's_the_Outrage?

Nah, Brooke Shields is in for “Blue Lagoon”!


51 posted on 01/04/2023 9:20:04 AM PST by egfowler3 (Kung Flu, today's Hypochondriacal psychosis (aka: Delusional parasitosis))
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To: Tell It Right

Brandon is busy sniffing the case of his “Cuties” DVD.


52 posted on 01/04/2023 9:23:47 AM PST by Organic Panic (Democrats. Memories as short as Joe Biden's eyes)
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To: where's_the_Outrage?

“Based on William Shakespeare’s iconic play of the same name”

They REALLY had to spell that out??? Geesh.


53 posted on 01/04/2023 9:24:05 AM PST by Organic Panic (Democrats. Memories as short as Joe Biden's eyes)
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To: where's_the_Outrage?

The sixties was a time of “free love” and hippies, and protesting against war, and the left is the one who bought into that narrative whole-heartedly. Anyone who complained was called the “establishment” and “the man” much like the older generation is now called “boomers”. These are the people now suing for things they unabashedly participated in during those years. They are also now supporting wars overseas and the more the better!


54 posted on 01/04/2023 9:25:08 AM PST by CFW (old and retired)
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To: where's_the_Outrage?
LOL, and I have a BS in math. In fairness, it's a pretty difficult calculations requiring imaginary numbers like eleventeen and twentyzero.
55 posted on 01/04/2023 10:08:42 AM PST by pepsi_junkie ("We want no Gestapo or Secret Police. F. B. I. is tending in that direction." - Harry S Truman)
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To: Yo-Yo
I think it was a temporary law enacted by California intended for victims of Harvey Weinstein.

Yep. The same suspension of statute of limitations that was used in the recent lawsuit against Aerosmith frontman Steven Tyler, accused of sexual assault of a 16-year old girl back in the 1970s.

Steven Tyler is accused of sexually assaulting a 16-year-old girl in the 1970s: 'Victim' files lawsuit

There's going to be a blizzard of these cases.

56 posted on 01/04/2023 10:13:55 AM PST by Drew68 (Ron DeSantis for President 2024)
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To: Ruy Dias de Bivar
Think of all those porn films and magazines with a 15 year old Traci Lords...

Those were all pulled from the shelves after Lords turned 18 and came clean about her true age. She then made one more porn film as an adult which she controlled all the rights to and retired from the porn business comfortably wealthy.

57 posted on 01/04/2023 10:21:09 AM PST by Drew68 (Ron DeSantis for President 2024)
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To: Yo-Yo
I think it was a temporary law enacted by California intended for victims of Harvey Weinstein.

I think the main reason was the Catholic priests who committed abuse...

58 posted on 01/04/2023 10:56:19 AM PST by L.A.Justice
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To: where's_the_Outrage?

Filmed in Italy. Should it not be an Italian problem and not a US problem?


59 posted on 01/04/2023 11:30:20 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: Monterrosa-24

It’s ridiculous. Only a few years ago she publicly defended the nude scene saying that it had been filmed very tastefully.

They’re just out for money, and that’s very disappointing - I always thought they were both dignified people, and the movie was beautiful.


60 posted on 01/04/2023 12:06:07 PM PST by Jamestown1630 ("A Republic, if you can keep it.")
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