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James Franco Agrees To Settle Class-Action Sexual Misconduct Suit For $2.2 Million

The actor agreed to a settlement in a class-action suit led by two of his former students, Sarah Tither-Kaplan and Toni Gaal, at his now-shuttered Studio 4 school.
James Franco in New York in 2017.

Actor James Franco and two other men have agreed to settle a class-action lawsuit led by Sarah Tither-Kaplan and Toni Gaal, former students of an acting school owned by Franco and one of the other men. Tither-Kaplan that they were sexually exploited and victims of fraud at the now-closed school, which was called Studio 4.

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