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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
Entertainment
Benjamin Lee

Romeo and Juliet movie child abuse lawsuit to be thrown out by judge

Leonard Whiting and Olivia Hussey were teenagers when filming Romeo and Juliet.
Leonard Whiting and Olivia Hussey were teenagers when filming Romeo and Juliet. Photograph: Willy Sanjuan/Invision/AP

A California judge has signalled she will throw out a child abuse lawsuit put forward by the two lead actors from the 1968 adaptation of Romeo and Juliet.

Last December, Olivia Hussey and Leonard Whiting, who were teenagers when making Franco Zeffirelli’s Oscar-winning film, accused Paramount of sexual exploitation over a nude scene they allege was insisted upon after being told it wouldn’t take place.

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