ON BACKGROUND
On Thursday, August 21, 2025, a New York appellate court ruled that CAA must face allegations that it was aware of Harvey Weinstein’s dangerous behavior and failed in its duty to protect actress Julia Ormond from being sexually assaulted by him in 1995. This ruling affirms a lower court decision denying CAA’s motion to dismiss claims against them.
Read more about Ms. Ormond’s lawsuit here.
ON RECORD
Comment from Meredith Firetog (Wigdor LLP), Kevin Mintzer (Kevin Mintzer, PC), and Effie Blassberger (Clayman Rosenberg Kirshner & Linder, LLP):
“We are grateful that the appeals court affirmed the trial court’s denial of CAA’s motion to dismiss. This decision should serve as a wake-up call to CAA that it must put its clients’ safety and well-being ahead of its own financial interests. At a jury trial, we are confident that we will be able to demonstrate that CAA knew of Harvey Weinstein’s predatory conduct and could have spared Ms. Ormond and so many other women from the trauma he inflicted.”