Four days after his death former actor Carl Weathersonce The Mandalorian actor Gina Carano is suing Disney and Lucasfilm for leaving the series with the help of Elon Musk. Carano, whose post-Disney credits include a production of conspiracy theorist Ben Shapiro, placed On Tuesday X, “The truth is, I was hounded out of everything I posted on every post I liked because I didn’t fit into the acceptable narrative of the time.” X confirmed his assistance in a statement to Engadget.
Carano shared Claim news in 694 word post on X. In the essay, he claims he never used offensive language, compared Republicans to Jews during the Holocaust, or wrote anything racist or transphobic. She insists her male cast members were “allowed to speak out without harassment and retraining courses or termination” but “not given my right to exercise my freedom of speech.”
“Artists are not stripped of our rights as American citizens when we step in,” Carano wrote Tuesday. However, since he has not been arrested or imprisoned for his views, his rights as an American citizen are fully protected. Meanwhile, American companies like Disney have the right to not hire actors whose views conflict with their brand.
The actor and former mixed martial arts competitor thanked Musk and X on Tuesday for “allowing me to shine a light on my work” by helping fund his lawsuit. Musk before he said would pay the legal costs of users who got in trouble for their posts on the platform.
X confirmed the funding in a statement to Engadget. “As a sign of X Corp’s commitment to free speech, we are proud to financially support Gina Carano’s lawsuit, empowering her to vindicate her right to free speech and the ability to work at X without harassment, harassment or discrimination. “the company spokesperson wrote.
Carano’s issues with Disney stemmed from social media posts on X (then Twitter) and Instagram. Then writingshe questioned the effectiveness of COVID-19 vaccines, blamed the Biden administration for the deaths of vaccinated people, claimed Jeffrey Epstein didn’t kill himself, and added “boop/bop/beep” to his pronouns.
The final straw for Disney was when he shared a post on Instagram suggesting that the treatment of conservatives in Trump-era America parallels the treatment of Jews in Nazi-era Germany. The next day, Disney parted ways with Carano The Mandalorian and (from the time of cancellation) Rangers of the New Republic series.
“Gina Carano is not currently employed by Lucasfilm, and there are no plans for her to be in the future,” a spokesperson said at the time. “Nevertheless, his posts on social media defaming people based on their cultural and religious identity are disgusting and unacceptable.” Carano’s agency, United Talent Agency, released her at the same time.
Carano’s post-Star Wars career included Terror on the PrairieProduced by Ben Shapiro’s The Daily Wire. He also starred in the movie 2022 My son Hunter“A fictional retelling of the lifestyle and scandals of Hunter Biden, son of US President Joe Biden.”
