Acclaimed director Francis Ford Coppola has filed a $15 million lawsuit against Variety, alleging that a July article accusing him of unprofessional conduct on the set of his film 'Megalopolis' contained false and defamatory claims. The suit, filed in Los Angeles Superior Court, asserts that the article, based on anonymous sources and video footage, portrays Coppola as incompetent and disrespectful towards female extras, damaging his reputation.
TORONTO, ONTARIO - SEPTEMBER 09: Francis Ford Coppola attends the premiere of “ Megalopolis ” during TIFF at Roy Thomson Hall on September 09, 2024 in Toronto, Ontario.
It says Variety's “writers and editors, hiding behind supposedly anonymous sources, accused Coppola of manifest incompetence as a motion picture director, of unprofessional behavior on the set of his most recent production, Megalopolis, of setting up some type of scheme so that anyone on the set who had a complaint of harassment or otherwise had nowhere to lodge a complaint, and of hugging topless actresses on the set. Each of these accusations was false.
The July 26 story used anonymous reports and videos from crew members of the shooting for “Megalopolis” of a nightclub scene in an Atlanta concert hall in February, 2023. The story said Coppola tried to kiss young female extras and “appeared to act with impunity” on the set. It said the film's financial arrangements meant “there were none of the traditional checks and balances in place.”
Pagone said she came forward because another of the extras, Rayna Menz, said in Variety's sister publication Deadline that Coppola did nothing to make her or anyone else on the set uncomfortable.
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