With Elon Musk's help, Gina Carano went to court to fight her firing from The Mandalorian. Now, Disney has moved to throw out the suit.
The reason for Disney's move, according to Variety, is "a constitutional right not to associate its artistic expression with Carano's speech." In 2021, a cast member from The Mandalorian quit the Disney+ and Lucasfilm shows because they shared a series of offensive posts about the Holocaust, the election, and being LGBTQIA+, which were based on "false information and extreme right-wing propaganda."
She wrote that most people today do not realize that the government first made their own neighbors hate them just for being Jewish, which is what led to the post that got her fired: "Because history is edited, most people today do not realize that to get to the point where Nazi soldiers could easily round up thousands of Jews, the government first made their own neighbors hate them just for being Jews," she wrote online. "How is that different from being angry at someone because of their political views?"
Carano sued because of a California law that says employers can not fire workers because of their political activities. However, Disney's motion to dismiss "argued that there is a broad exception for companies whose business is to engage in speech," which includes entertainment companies, according to Variety.
Disney used two old Supreme Court cases and a law review piece written by one of Carano's own lawyers to back up their case. The trade says that Disney's lawyers wrote, "Disney thus had the right to protect its creative speech in the Star Wars series from association with views that Disney and many viewers (and potential viewers) considered offensive and contrary to Disney's values." "Carano's status as a well-known actor on 'The Mandalorian' made it harder for Disney to decide not to make a show about her beliefs."
The reason for Disney's move, according to Variety, is "a constitutional right not to associate its artistic expression with Carano's speech." In 2021, a cast member from The Mandalorian quit the Disney+ and Lucasfilm shows because they shared a series of offensive posts about the Holocaust, the election, and being LGBTQIA+, which were based on "false information and extreme right-wing propaganda."
She wrote that most people today do not realize that the government first made their own neighbors hate them just for being Jewish, which is what led to the post that got her fired: "Because history is edited, most people today do not realize that to get to the point where Nazi soldiers could easily round up thousands of Jews, the government first made their own neighbors hate them just for being Jews," she wrote online. "How is that different from being angry at someone because of their political views?"
Carano sued because of a California law that says employers can not fire workers because of their political activities. However, Disney's motion to dismiss "argued that there is a broad exception for companies whose business is to engage in speech," which includes entertainment companies, according to Variety.
Disney used two old Supreme Court cases and a law review piece written by one of Carano's own lawyers to back up their case. The trade says that Disney's lawyers wrote, "Disney thus had the right to protect its creative speech in the Star Wars series from association with views that Disney and many viewers (and potential viewers) considered offensive and contrary to Disney's values." "Carano's status as a well-known actor on 'The Mandalorian' made it harder for Disney to decide not to make a show about her beliefs."
