In addition to Affleck and Damon, renowned film companies Dimension Films, Disney, Lionsgate, Warner Bros. and Paramount Pictures were accused of negligence and allowing plagiarism and harassment of women.
In an unusual revelation A New York lawyer has filed a lawsuit against Hollywood stars Ben Affleck and Matt Damon, who accuses them of a shocking case of espionage and harassment that looks like something out of a horror movie. According to court documents obtained by Chron, the woman claims it was her harassed and monitored for more than 20 years, with hidden microphones in his house and hacked devices. The purpose? He allegedly used intimate details of his life to create film works.
Let’s remember that Affleck and Damon are not only actors, but also serve as screenwriters and producers. In the strange statement of claim, the lawyer claims that both of them used their own personal identity to develop “Saturday Night Live” sketches as well as scripts for films produced in Hollywood by Harvey Weinstein. As if that wasn’t enough, the serious accusation also affects Ben’s brother, Casey Affleckto your wife Jennifer Lopez, Kevin Smith, Ryan Seacrest and to yourself Weinsteinsays the lawsuit, filed under the Adult Survivors Act.
But how did the two Hollywood actors and the lawyer come into contact? Everything goes back to 2001. In the legal document, the plaintiff admitted to joining the website “Project green light”, created by Damon and Affleck for writers to discuss their ideas and view contest entries. He pointed out that this association has since served as a bridge to extract and narratively manipulate his private life.
The mysterious plaintiff said she joined Project Greenlight, Ben Affleck and Matt Damon’s author website, in 2001. A year later, the alleged harassment began and continued for nearly two decades
The woman, whose name was withheld for privacy reasons, identified a alleged reproduction of his nudity in works published in 2023 due to a distinctive scar of his. It is believed that he unintentionally became part of a simulation of the partner duo. He even blamed renowned film companies Dimension Films, Disney, Lionsgate, Warner Bros. and Paramount images of negligence and allowing plagiarism and harassment. The parties involved have not yet issued any statements or official statements in this regard.
Marked by scars from a 1985 car accident and short-term memory loss, she began noticing the similarities between her life and her entertainment content during a time when she was resting. Specifically, he pointed out that he identified himself after watching the productions several times Similarities between her life and the plots of the successful films “Maid in Manhattan” (2002) with López and “Gone Girl” (2014) with Affleck.
His lawsuit notes even stranger details: a strange number of characters in films and series with similar physical characteristics and names to his. As a result, he accused The Weinstein Company of using his identity in more than 40 films and shows, claiming to identify a series of “repeating” patterns that included his personal preferences, physical appearance and even his daily life such as his favorite music, philosophers he referred to and the KFC near his home.. He noted that his elements such as hourglasses, owls and personal symbols were used in several works.
After appearing in “Maid in Manhattan” for 22 years, Jennifer López is now also facing a lawsuit from a lawyer who stated that the film and her character were inspired by her personal life (Shutterstock).
The woman said she found spy devices in her home and was a victim of electronic surveillance: He found a microphone, saw an owl-shaped camera pointed at his house, woke up to see a man in his bedroom, and saw a man pointing a telescope at him After a warning that his emails had been hacked, the lawsuit says.
But the legal document wasn’t just limited to remote harassment. He assured that he had done it strange “chance” encounters with Affleck and Damon in New York in 2007, 2009 and 2019, where she allegedly saw Affleck approaching her in Manhattan and getting into her subway car; and Damon, who stood outside a restaurant where he was eating for twenty minutes. The lawyer recounts a series of episodes involving both physical and digital harassment, manifested in tangible and invasive moments in her personal and professional environment.
As incredible as it may sound, the surprising demand is not just focused on the creative field. She also mentions strange temporal coincidences with Affleck and López’s public and personal events: in her opinion Even real events like buying a house in Savannah, Georgia have something to do with his personal lifeafter he applied for a job there.
In the strange lawsuit, the lawyer claims that both of them used their personal identities in scripts for films produced in Hollywood by Harvey Weinstein.
According to the lawyer, there are other specific events like that López’s purchase of a dog and a horse also has to do with his life, since this would have happened after the plaintiff expressed her desire to have them. In addition, situations are mentioned in which Affleck and Damon allegedly imitated events in the plaintiff’s life with a distorted representation of her image, thereby creating a feeling of dissatisfaction Intrusion and “severe emotional distress”.
Consequently, the lawsuit aims at a economic compensation unspecified, which goes beyond the jurisdiction of lower courts and reflects the seriousness of the allegations made. This lawsuit updates similar allegations from the same plaintiff last year that were dismissed in 2023. With this new trial attempt, the lawyer reinforces her statements and hopes for a positive solution.