Former child actor Raquel Lee Bolleau alleges in a lawsuit filed last week that a male Disney employee sexually assaulted her while she was filming a network movie in 2001 and that the studio failed to respond to signs of abuse.Bolleau was 14 at the time of the alleged attacks, which she said unfolded during the filming of the Disney Channel movie, “The Poof Point.” The plaintiff, now 39, said her alleged attacker, who is not named in the suit, was “a lifelong resident of California” who was more than twice as old as she was at the time.“John Doe” was “an on-set, adult, middle-aged, male employee of Disney who was involved in the filming of the movie” who “repeatedly raped, sexually assaulted, sexually abused and sexually harassed” Bolleau, according to the suit, which was filed in Los Angeles County Superior Court on Friday.“Mr.Doe’s sexual abuse of Ms.
Bolleau was apparent to the adults on Disney’s set,” the suit states.“Disney repeatedly failed Ms.
Bolleau.”A representative of Disney, based in Burbank, California, could not be immediately reached for comment on Monday.Bollea’s other credits include voicing Olei on Disney’s “The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder,” and Nubia Gross in “The proud Family” original series and movie, according to IMDB She’s also appeared in shows like “Real Husbands of Hollywood” and films like “Stan the Man.”She alleges the abuse she experienced derailed her career because she had “trauma of returning to a set,” according to the lawsuit.Her lawsuit comes amid growing scrutiny of how child performers have been treated in Hollywood.
The 2024 documentary “Quiet on Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV” detailed allegations of toxic working conditions on some Nickelodeon shows.Bolleau participated in the documentary, where she opened up about her experiences as a Black actor on “The Amanda Show,” but she did not discuss the allegations made in her recent lawsuit.
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