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Raquel Lee Bolleau Sues Disney, Accuses On‑Set Employee of Repeated Rape at 14

The negligence suit alleges studio staff failed to protect her and later blamed her performance while seeking accountability under expanded California law.

Overview

  • Bolleau filed a civil negligence lawsuit in Los Angeles Superior Court, saying on Friday that an unnamed on‑set, middle‑aged Disney employee repeatedly raped and sexually assaulted her during the 2001 filming of The Poof Point when she was 14.
  • The complaint says the abuse happened on set, in the alleged attacker’s hotel room in Utah after he supplied her alcohol, and again on the flight back to California.
  • The suit alleges multiple Disney staff and production adults saw or could have heard the misconduct, did not intervene, and later attacked, blamed or threatened Bolleau and her mother when her performance declined.
  • Bolleau is represented by attorneys Douglas Wigdor and Jane Kim, who say she sought a pre‑suit resolution in June and previously accepted a confidential settlement; the filing uses recent changes in California law that broaden civil windows for childhood sexual‑abuse claims.
  • Her complaint says the abuse derailed her acting career and caused decades of trauma, and the lawsuit frames the allegations as part of wider industry failures that could renew scrutiny of child‑performer safeguards and studio practices.