Disney Files To Dismiss Gina Carano Suit, Reveals 'Final Straw' In Firing

LOADING ERROR LOADING Disney has detailed the “final straw” that lead to its decision to fire Gina Carano in a motion to dismiss a lawsuit filed by the actor in February. In Tuesday night court filings, the company argued it had the “constitutional right not to associate its artistic expression with Carano’s speech,” and that her lawsuit should be tossed on First Amendment grounds. “To publicly trivialize the Holocaust by comparing criticism of political conservatives to the annihilation of millions of Jewish people—notably, not ‘thousands’—was the final straw for Disney,” the court filing read. That same day, Disney put out a statement severing tires with Carano, calling her words “abhorrent and unacceptable.” Carano filed suit against Disney, LucasFilms and production company Huckleberry Industries earlier this year, accusing the companies of wrongfully retaliating against her for expressing political views that did not align with the companies’ own views.