Former Child Star Raquel Lee Bolleau 'Sues Disney over Sexual Assault Allegations'
The lawsuit says Disney knew of repeated sexual abuse on the set and concealed it, as California law now allows older childhood claims.
- On August 21, actress Raquel Lee Boileau filed a negligence lawsuit against the Walt Disney Company, alleging she was "repeatedly raped, sexually assaulted, sexually abused and sexually harassed" during the 2001 production of The Poof Point in Utah.
- The complaint alleges an on-set, "middle-aged, male employee" known as John Doe groomed and assaulted Boileau while she was 14, with abuse occurring "in plain view of the cast and crew" yet Disney intervened only to blame her.
- Attorneys Doug Wigdor and Jane Kim filed the suit seeking unspecified damages as Boileau, now nearly 40, alleges Disney failed to protect her under a 2020 California measure allowing survivors of childhood sexual abuse to file civil claims until their 40th birthday.
- Deadline reports that in 2015, a Gloria Allred-represented Lee negotiated a confidential settlement for "a small amount of money" with a male who worked on the film, though her current legal team declined comment on that prior settlement.
- Lee later stated that Drake Bell's account of childhood sexual abuse in the 2024 docuseries The Dark Side of Kids TV had been "retraumatizing" for her, though she did not disclose her specific allegations involving The Poof Point at that time.
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Former Child Star Raquel Lee Sues Disney Over Alleged Rape at 14 by Ex-Employee
Raquel Lee, who appeared on “The Amanda Show” and “The Proud Family” as a child star, has sued Disney, alleging that an ex-employee raped her when she was 14 while working on the 2001 movie “The Poof Point.” In a lawsuit filed Friday, Lee accused Disney of negligence and claimed that a “middle-aged, male employee who was involved in the filming of the movie” groomed her, sexually harassed and assaulted her while filming “The Poof Point.” He all…
Former Child Star Raquel Lee Sues the Walt Disney Company Over Alleged On-Set Sexual Abuse
Former child star Raquel Lee Bolleau has come forward to sue The Walt Disney Company, alleging that she was sexually assaulted by a Disney employee multiple times while filming the 2001 Disney Channel movie The Poof Point when she was 14. Boulleau filed the civil negligence lawsuit in Los Angeles County Superior Court on 21 August, in which she claims that the company failed to protect her and investigate signs of her abuse. Furthermore, the 39-…
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Former child star Raquel Lee is accusing a former Disney employee of sexually assaulting her when she was 14 while working on the 2001 Disney Channel movie The Poof Point. In a recently filed lawsuit, Lee, now 39, alleges the unnamed employee pressured her to drink alcohol, sexually harassed her and later raped her while the cast and crew were staying at a hotel in Utah. The complaint describes the man as an adult, middle-aged Disney employee wh…
Poof Point’s Raquel Lee Claims She Was ‘Repeatedly Raped’ on Set, Disney Knew & Did Nothing
Photo Credit: Tommaso Boddi/Getty Images Entertainment via Getty Images Former child actor Raquel Lee has filed a graphic negligence lawsuit against the Walt Disney Company, alleging she endured repeated sexual abuse on the Utah set of a 2001 Disney Channel film. The lawsuit, filed on August 21 in Los Angeles Superior Court, claims the executives knew about the abuse and chose to conceal it rather than protect the teenage performer. WARNING: The…
Raquel Lee Sues Disney, Alleges She Was ‘Repeatedly Raped’ on The Poof Point Set
Photo Credit: Tommaso Boddi/Getty Images Entertainment via Getty Images Former child actor Raquel Lee Boileau has filed a negligence lawsuit against The Walt Disney Company, alleging that an unnamed Disney employee repeatedly sexually assaulted her when she was 14 during production of the 2001 Disney Channel movie The Poof Point. According to the complaint, the alleged abuse was apparent to adults on the set and Disney failed to protect her. WAR…
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