The lawsuit was filed in Santa Monica Superior Court and alleges the production studio distributed nude images of adolescent children and sexually exploited them in releasing the film. The lawsuit is seeking damages “in excess of $500 million.”
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Stars of 1968 Shakespeare Adaptation Allege Sexual Exploitation of Minors
Leonard Whiting and Olivia Hussey, the teenage stars of the 1968 adaptation of Romeo and Juliet, are suing Paramount Studios for allowing the film to be released with images of the two actors nude. So reports CNN.
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