Get the latest gossip

Danny Elfman Loses Bid to End Defamation Lawsuit from Sexual Harassment Accuser

Danny Elfman lost a bid to dismiss a defamation lawsuit against him from a woman who accused him of sexual harassment.

In a Christmas Eve ruling, Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Gail Killefer found that Abadi can proceed with her lawsuit that claims Elfman “peddled appalling lies” and damaged her reputation when he disparaged her in lengthy statement to Rolling Stone for a July 2023 article titled “Danny Elfman Settled a Sexual-Harassment Allegation for $830,000.” In the article, Elfman categorically denied Abadi’s misconduct allegations, calling them “vicious and wholly false.” “The court finds that such a statement constitutes a provable false assertion of fact and not a mere opinion about plaintiff’s relationship with Elfman,” the judge wrote. Vasquez, the lawyer who represented Johnny Depp in his successful defamation battle against Amber Heard, also tried to convince the court that Abadi filed her lawsuit too late, missing the one-year statute of limitations on her claim.

Get the Android app