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Former Disney Child Star Sues Studio Over Alleged On-Set Abuse
Raquel Lee Bolleau was a child actor who worked on Disney projects.
She says a Disney employee abused her when she was 14.
She says the alleged abuse happened while filming The Poof Point in Utah and during a flight to Los Angeles.
She also claims the employee gave her alcohol.
According to the lawsuit, Disney workers encouraged her to spend time with the employee and sometimes kept her away from her guardian.
She says people on the production noticed that she became sick, intoxicated and unable to remember her lines.
She alleges that Disney did not protect her or get her medical help.
She is suing Disney for negligence and asking for money for the harm she says she suffered.
Disney’s response to the lawsuit was not included in the articles.
Raquel Lee Bolleau alleges that an unnamed middle-aged Disney employee repeatedly sexually assaulted her when she was 14.
The alleged assaults occurred during production of The Poof Point in Salt Lake City and on a flight to Los Angeles.
Bolleau claims Disney personnel encouraged her to bond with the employee, separated her from her guardian and failed to intervene.
She says her behavior changed noticeably, with illness, intoxication, vomiting and difficulty remembering lines observed during production.
The lawsuit accuses Disney of negligence and seeks compensation, punitive damages, legal fees and other costs; Disney’s response was not provided.
- Who
- Raquel Lee Bolleau, an unnamed middle-aged male Disney employee identified as John Doe, and The Walt Disney Company.
- What
- Bolleau sued Disney, alleging repeated sexual assault during production and accusing the company of negligence and failing to protect her.
- Where
- The alleged incidents occurred in Salt Lake City, Utah, and during a flight back to Los Angeles or California.
- When
- The alleged abuse occurred in 2001, when Bolleau was 14; the lawsuit’s filing date is not stated.
- Why
- Bolleau seeks compensation for alleged economic losses and emotional distress, punitive damages, legal fees and other costs.
Bolleau’s Allegations
Disney’s Position
Company awareness and intervention
Bolleau’s Allegations
Bolleau alleges that the abuse and warning signs were visible to cast, crew and Disney personnel, but no one intervened or provided medical care.
Disney’s Position
Disney’s response was not provided, so the company’s position on these allegations is unknown.
Supervision of a minor
Bolleau’s Allegations
The lawsuit claims Disney personnel and director Neal Israel encouraged Bolleau to trust and bond with the employee and separated her from her guardian during parts of production.
Disney’s Position
Disney’s response to the supervision allegations was not included in the articles.
Broader company practices
Bolleau’s Allegations
The complaint alleges Disney has a broader history of protecting abusers and references the company’s past association with convicted former Miramax executive Harvey Weinstein.
Disney’s Position
The articles do not provide Disney’s response to these broader claims, which remain allegations in the complaint.
Key facts
- Plaintiff
- Raquel Lee Bolleau, who worked professionally as Raquel Lee; one article spells her current surname as Boileau.
- Production involved
- The 2001 Disney Channel Original Movie The Poof Point.
- Alleged perpetrator
- An unnamed middle-aged male Disney employee, identified as John Doe in the complaint.
- Alleged conduct
- Repeated sexual assaults, grooming, harassment and supplying alcohol, according to the lawsuit.
- Alleged warning signs
- Bolleau says she became exhausted, ill, intoxicated, hungover, vomiting and unable to remember lines.
- Claims against Disney
- Negligence and failures to protect, supervise and respond to warning signs involving a young performer.
- Damages sought
- Economic losses, emotional distress, punitive damages, legal fees and other costs.
- Later Disney work
- Bolleau later voiced Nubia Gross in The Proud Family and returned for The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder; the articles give differing end years for the revival, 2025 and 2026.
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