Former child actor alleges she was repeatedly raped during filming of Disney Channel movie

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Set us as preferred A former child actor has filed a lawsuit against Walt Co.alleging that she was “repeatedly raped” and sexually harassed by a man who worked with her during the filming of “The Poof Point.” In a lawsuit filed Friday in Los Angeles Superior Court, Raquel Lee Bolleau says a middle-aged male Disney employee “supplied her with alcohol and pressured her to consume it,” repeatedly raping and assaulting the actor for weeks when she was 14.Despite the age gap, Bolleau said, the employee — referred to as John Doe — told her, “You’re old enough.

You can handle it.”According to the complaint, Mr.Doe’s abuse “was apparent to the adults on Disney’s set,” which is described as “not safe for children.”Representatives for Disney were not immediately available for comment.The suit accuses the entertainment giant of violating child labor laws, saying that on multiple occasions, Disney “failed to protect Ms.

Bolleau from Mr.Doe’s repeated rapes, sexual assault, sexual abuse, and sexual harassment.”Bolleau, who had roles on UPN’s “Malcolm & Eddie,” Nickelodeon’s “The Amanda Show” and “Double Dare 2000,” was instructed to “build a relationship and spend time with Mr.

Doe” by the film’s director and Disney’s dialogue coach, according to the suit.In the movie, Bolleau played the teen daughter of two scientists who build a time machine that malfunctions, forcing the kids to take care of their parents as they “de-age” and become children.The suit states that during filming on location in Utah, John Doe invited Bolleau and her guardian to his hotel room and “supplied them with alcohol.” She says in the lawsuit that after she became intoxicated and left, Doe invited her back to his room where he “raped and sexually assaulted her.”On set, John Doe “regu...