Following her ongoing feud with Disney and Lucasfilm, Gina Carano has today announced that she will be filing a lawsuit against the two titan companies.
Carano is considered one of the pioneers for the early success of women’s mixed martial arts. Despite having a much more successful career in film, the 41-year-old has competed against some huge names in the sport, most notably former UFC champion Cris Cyborg.
In a bombshell report that rocked the internet, Gina Carano has confirmed that she’ll finally act on her mistreatment from Disney and Lucasfilm. During a post on social media, Carano opened up on her firing from The Mandalorian and more.
“Today is an important day for me,” Carano stated to begin her rant on social media. “I am filing a lawsuit against Lucasfilm & Disney.”
“After 20 years of building a career from scratch, and during the regime of former Disney CEO Bob Chapek, Lucasfilm made this statement on Twitter, terminating me from The Mandalorian: ‘Gina Carano is not currently employed by Lucasfilm & there are no plans for her to be in the future… Her social media posts denigrating people based on their cultural & religious identities are abhorrent & unacceptable.'”
“Nothing could be further from the truth. The truth is I was being hunted down from everything I posted to every post I liked because I was not in line with the acceptable narrative of the time.”
“My words were consistently twisted to demonize & dehumanize me as an alt-right wing extremist. It was a bullying smear campaign aimed at silencing, destroying & making an example out of me.”
Carano continued, firing back at claims of racism and transphobia which ultimately led to her acting career stagnating over recent years.
“Ask yourself why they were calling me a racist,” Carano said. “Was there any merit behind that or history of it whatsoever? No.”
“Look at why I was called a transphobe–for making droid noises from Star Wars? “Beep, bop, boop” was obviously directed to the online bullies and did not in any way denigrate transgender people.”
“Were my questions about masks, lockdowns & forced vaccines ok to ask & push the subject into the light? Should we have been allowed to publicly discuss those topics at that time without being harassed or censored? Absolutely.”
Gina Carano later spoke out against Hollywood and their apparent false promises of equal rights.
“Hollywood says they support female representation & equal rights. Why then were my male co-stars permitted to speak without harassment & re-education courses or termination, but I was not afforded the same right to exercise my freedom of speech.”
“Artists do not sign away our rights as American citizens when we enter into employment. I have spoken to all my co-stars since I was fired & there is nothing but care and kind words between us.”
“I respect their right to free speech & do not have to think the same on every issue to be their friends & work with them & I know they feel the same towards me.”
Surprisingly, Elon Musk played a huge factor in Carano’s lawsuit.
“A couple of months ago, Elon Musk tweeted that if you had been fired from using the platform (X) for exercising your right to free speech, he would like to offer these people legal representation.”
“Never in my wildest dreams would I have thought anyone would take on my case against Lucasfilm/Disney. Still, I did respond back “I think I qualify” & thousands of people agreed–but I did not expect anything.”
“Turns out after sending them as much information as I could gather these past few months, my now lawyers & X believe whole-heartedly in my case & are moving forward.”
“I would like to express my deepest gratitude & thank you to Elon Musk & X for giving me an opportunity to bring my case to light.”
After thanking Elon Musk for his aid in her case against Disney and Lucasfilm, Carano revealed what’s next for her. Her passion remains in acting and she will continue to press forward in hopes of adding to an already successful career on the big screen.
Today is an important day for me–I am filing a lawsuit against @lucasfilm & @Disney
After my 20 years of building a career from scratch, and during the regime of former Disney CEO Bob Chapek, Lucasfilm made this statement on Twitter, terminating me from The Mandalorian: “Gina…— Gina Carano 🕯 (@ginacarano) February 6, 2024
While speaking to MMAWeekly, Dana White sided with Gina Carano after she was effectively ‘canceled’ for comments she allegedly made. The UFC CEO insisted ‘we all make mistakes’ and urged everybody to ‘leave Gina alone’.
Check it out below.
https://www.mmaweekly.com/news/gina-carano-drops-bombshell-lawsuit-on-disney-and-lucasfilm-with-elon-musks-help
