Partner Effie Blassberger, together with co-counsel Wigdor LLP and Law Office of Kevin Mintzer P.C., recently secured a significant #MeToo victory on behalf of Julia Ormond in her case against Harvey Weinstein and Creative Artists Agency (CAA).

In 2023, Ormond filed suit against CAA, Miramax, Disney, and Weinstein over Weinstein’s sexual assault of her in 1995, alleging that the companies knew of his predatory conduct and failed to protect and warn her. With respect to CAA, she alleged that as her agents, they stood in a special relationship of trust and confidence and owed her a fiduciary duty to safeguard her from the danger Weinstein posed.

While Miramax and Disney reached a settlement with Ormond in July, CAA pressed forward with its appeal of the trial court’s denial of its motion to dismiss. The appellate court rejected CAA’s arguments, holding that the Complaint sufficiently alleged that CAA “had notice of Weinstein’s proclivities for engaging in sexual harassment and sexual assault,” and that a jury could reasonably infer that CAA “proximately caused [Ormond’s] injuries by failing to warn her about Weinstein before negotiating her contract with Miramax and arranging the private business dinner,” and that she “would have avoided assault but for CAA’s misconduct in failing to warn or protect her.”

In a joint statement with co-counsel, Blassberger emphasized that the decision “should serve as a wake-up call to CAA that it must put its clients’ safety and well-being ahead of its own financial interests.”

Read the full story on Bloomberg Law: https://news.bloomberglaw.com/litigation/talent-agency-caa-must-face-claims-in-weinstein-sex-assault-suit

Read the full ruling here: https://clayro.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/2024_05486_Julia_Ormond_v_Harvey_Weinstein_et_al_DECISION_AND_ORDER_36.pdf