James Franco sued by two women who allege his acting school sexually exploited them

The New York Times

Sarah Tither-Kaplan and Toni Gaal say in their class-action lawsuit filed today in Los Angeles County Superior Court that Franco's acting school was "little more than a scheme to provide him and his male collaborators with a pool of young female performers that they could take advantage of," according to The New York Times. The lawsuit alleges that Franco and his partners “engaged in widespread inappropriate and sexually charged behavior towards female students by sexualizing their power as a teacher and an employer by dangling the opportunity for roles in their projects.” Tither-Kaplan was one of five women who spoke out against Franco's acting school in a January 2018 Los Angeles Times article. Franco has yet to respond to the lawsuit.