{"id":1020439,"date":"2026-08-24T06:06:17","date_gmt":"2026-08-24T06:06:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/1020439\/"},"modified":"2026-08-24T06:06:17","modified_gmt":"2026-08-24T06:06:17","slug":"disney-knew-about-rapes-on-2001s-poof-point-film-actress-alleges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/1020439\/","title":{"rendered":"Disney Knew About Rapes On 2001’s Poof Point Film, Actress Alleges"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tThe Proof Point\u2019s Raquel Lee claims in a extremely graphic negligence suit against the Walt Disney<\/a> Company she was \u201crepeatedly raped, sexually assaulted, sexually abused and sexually harassed\u201d on the Utah set of the 2001 movie. The House of Mouse knew about it and did nothing to stop the violence, the Quiet on Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV participant adds. <\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cJohn Doe (\u201cMr. Doe\u201d), an on-set, adult, middle-aged, male employee of Disney who was involved in the filming of the movie,\u201d the August 21 filing in LA Superior Court for the now Raquel Lee Boileau from NYC-based Wigdor LLP says with intentional vagueness about the alleged predator. \u201cMr. Doe\u2019s sexual abuse of Ms. Boileau was apparent to the adults on Disney\u2019s set. Defendant Disney repeatedly failed Ms. Boileau. Disney facilitated and concealed Mr. Doe\u2019s severe sexual abuse of Ms. Boileau.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cDisney\u2019s set was not safe for children,\u201d the unspecified \u201cmoney judgement\u201d seeking complaint states of what the 14-year-old Lee faced on the Mark Curry-led and Neal Israel-directed Disney Channel film. A case of kooky scientists (Hangin With Mr Copper\u2019s Curry and Dawnn Lewis) their kids (Lee and Tahj Mowry), the time traveling Proof Point debuted on September 14, 2001. <\/p>\n

\n\tClaiming the \u201cvisibly disheveled\u201d teen was also at the receiving end of tirades from Disney execs at the time over her performance, the filing strategically invokes the much accused, much convicted and Incarcerated Harvey Weinstein<\/a>, among others. With the ex-Miramax kingpin in mind, the now nearly 40-year-old actress\u2019 jury trial desiring filing adds: \u201cThis is not the first time that Disney has enabled a sexual predator to target and abuse vulnerable victims. Disney has a longstanding and horrifying history of protecting sexual abusers that began well before 2001-and continued after 2001.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cDisney has caused irreparable and devastating harm, and must be held accountable,\u201d the action claims for its client. \u201cDefendant failed to use reasonable care in investigating the circumstances on set and did nothing to reasonably investigate, supervise or monitor and\/or terminate Mr. Doe to ensure the safety of child actors,\u201d it also bluntly says. <\/p>\n

\n\tContacted by Deadline, Disney today had no comment on the suit or the accusations within it. That\u2019s not surprising all things litigious considered \u2013 even more so with the amount of time that has passed and people involved who are no longer at Disney. <\/p>\n

\n\tIn terms of a situation specific timeline, the first the Josh D\u2019Aamaro-led company heard about this sordid case was back in June, sources say. That was when Doug Wigdor and Jame Kim approached Disney in the hopes of settling this out of court. <\/p>\n

\n\tClearly, the parties couldn\u2019t reach a satisfactory deal. <\/p>\n

\n\tWhat is also clear is that while Disney may or may not have first heard of the horrors Lee went through in 2001 just a few months ago, this four-claim action is not the first time the actress has had lawyers involved fallout from Poof Point. <\/p>\n

\n\tDeadline has learned that in 2015 a Gloria Allred<\/a>-represented Lee negotiated a confidential settlement for \u201ca small amount of money\u201d with a male who worked on Proof Point. The male in question was represented by Venable partner William Biggs, II.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tAllred had no comment on any settlement or anything to do with it when contacted by Deadline. Biggs did not response to Deadline\u2019s request for comment on that matter of over a decade ago. <\/p>\n

\n\tDetails of that settlement and the exact sum paid out are under lock and key \u2013 \u2013 hence likely the \u201cJohn Doe \u201cin this new civil complaint. However, the presence of Allred, well known for her work for sexual assault survivors, could be an indication of the nature of the core case back in 2015.<\/p>\n

\n\tAs for this latest action, the law has changed in Lee\u2019s favor. <\/p>\n

\n\tWhereas in the past Lee would have long exhausted the statute of limitations, under a 2020 California measure, survivors of childhood sexual abuse now have up until their 40th birthday to file a civil claim. Actually, an 2023 addition to that 2020 law removed any statute of limitations for civil claims of childhood sexual assault survivors that occurred on or after January 1, 2024. <\/p>\n

\n\tUnder the law as it stands now, a plaintiff can claims triple actual damages if it is proven a company (like Disney), institution or persons(s) were aware of the assaults and abuse and choose to conceal what was happening. A state of affairs that is precisely what Lee is saying Disney did in her case on Poof Point. <\/p>\n

\n\tIt is worth noting that former Real Husbands of Hollywood regular Raquel Lee Boileau has worked with Disney on several occasions since The Poof Point. She did voiceover on Disney+\u2019s The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder<\/strong>. Debuting in 2022, the animated series was a revival of Disney Channel\u2019s The Proud Family, which Raquel Lee Boileau was also on from 2001-2005. <\/p>\n

\n\tRaquel Lee Boileau\u2019s attorneys had nothing to say whatsoever today on any 2015 settlement, but they were not silent about what they filed this weekend. <\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cOver the last decade, countless child actors have come forward to bravely share their experiences of abuse by adults in entertainment,\u201d said Doug Wigdor and Jane Kim. \u201cAs former government prosecutors, our message to the entertainment industry is simple: This conduct is inexcusable, and those involved\u2014directly or indirectly\u2014must be held accountable.\u201d<\/p>\n

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