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P l a i n t i f f M a g d a l e n a G o r k a (" P l a i n t i f f ) a l le g e s c l a i m s a g a i n s t D e f en d a n t s F le m m yPro d u ct i o n s , LLC ("Fl emmy ") an d Casey A f f l e c k ("Aff l eck " an d co l l ec t i v e l y w i t h Fl emmy ,"Defendants") a n d D O E S 1 through 10 a s follows:

INTRODUCTION1. Magd al en a G o rk a has more than 16 years of ex p eri en ce b eh in d th e camera in projects

r a n g i n g from f e a t u r e f i l m s a n d d o cu men t ar i es to television, music video a n d co mmerci a lp ro d u cti o n s . S h e h as a ma st er 's d egree i n c i n em at o g rap h y an d h as w o rk ed w i t h n u m ero u s A cad em ya w a r d - w i n n i n g c i n e m a t o g r a p he r s a n d directors. She is a seasoned p ro fess i o n al w h o h as ex cel l ed o nc h a l l e n g i n g projects both in this country and abroad.

2. The t r e a t m e n t Pl a i n t i f f received w h i l e w o r k i n g with Casey Aff l eck i n cl u d i n gr o u t i n e i n s t an ces o f sex u al h a r a s s m e n t w a s b y far t h e mo st t rau m at i z i n g of h er career.

3. In December 2008, Plaint i ff entered into a n agreemen t w i t h Aff l eck to serve as theD i rec t o r o f Ph o t o grap h y fo r t h e t h e n - u n t i t l e d d o cu men t ary ab o u t t h e e f fo r t s o f ac t o r Jo a q u i nP h o e n i x ("Phoenix") to res t y l e h is career as an en t er t a i n er a n d gi v e u p act i n g to b eco me es t ab l i sh eda s a performer o f rap m u s i c . U n d e r th e terms o f h er agreemen t w i t h D efen d an t s , P l a i n t i f f w as t oreceive a per-day fee for shooting and a deferred fee that would be paid upon execution of ad is t r ib u t io n agreemen t fo r t h e f i l m. A ff l eck agreed t h a t P l a i n t i f f w as t o receive the "Director ofPh o t o grap h y " cred it i n co n n ect i o n w i t h t h e re lease a n d p ro m o t i o n o f t h e f i l m .

4 . P l a i n t i f f s work o n th e Project began short ly after th e agreemen t w a s reached.A l mo st i m me d i a t e l y , A ff l eck an d o th er memb ers o f t h e p ro d u ct i o n t eam ma d e l ew d co mm en t s ; th eyd i scu ssed en ga gi n g i n sexu al ac t i v i t y w i t h Pl a i n t i f f ; an d t h ey su gges t ed t h a t sh e h av e sex w i t h t h eCamera Ass i s t an t .

5 . A l t h o u g h P l a i n t i f f w a s u n co mfo rt ab l e w i t h he r w o r k e n v i r o n m e n t , s he w a s h o p e f u lth a t A f f l e c k an d t h e crew w o u l d b e mo re p ro fess i o n al w h en p ro d u ct i o n began. U n f o r t u n a t e l y , t h i n g so n l y g ot worse for P l a i n t i f f .

6. In m i d - D e c e m b e r 2008, Pl a i n t i f f traveled with other crew members to N ew Y o rk toshoot scenes i n v o l v i n g Ph o en i x . Aff l e c k a n d Phoenix decided not to put the crew u p i n a h o t e l , a n dth e crew instead stayed o v ern i gh t a t Ph o en i x a n d A f f l e c k ' s a p a r t m e n t ._____ 170447.3 COMPLAINT


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comments , innuendo and unwelcome advances by crew memb e r s , wi th in th e presence and wi th theactive encouragement of Affleck. Plaintiff w as berated and verbally attacked by Affleck after sherefused his sexual advances in New York, and was cri t icized constantly for refus ing to be subm issivein response to his rants and der is ive comments .

15. Plain tiff objected to Defendants ' harassing conduct and could no t cont inue to w o r k insuch a host i le and o f fen s ive wo rk env i ronm en t . Plaint i f f w as ul t im ate ly forced to resign from th ePro jec tfo r th e second t imeaf te r mon th s of work as Director of Photography because of theharassment and abuse.

16. In re ta l ia t ion , Defend ants refused to honor the te rms of the agreemen t , i n c l u d i n g herr ight to defer red paym ent upon execut ion of a dis t r ibu t ion agreement , as well as a "Director ofPhotography" cred i t on the f i lm.

17. Dur ing he r 16 years work ing in the en ter ta inm ent indu st ry, Plaint i ff has neveraccused anyone of sexua l harassment . She has never filed a lawsuit against anyone for any reason.A nd she struggled with th e decision to f ile th is l awsu i tshe i s jus t i f ia bly concerned about the effec tth is lawsu i t wi l l have on her career.

18. Pla in t i f f i s aware tha t Aff leck w i l l use h is ce lebr ity and w eal th to in t imida te her , j u s tas he has done in response to the Compla in t f i led by M s. White . However , Pla in t i f f decided tha t herstory needs to be told, and tha t she is strong enough to withstand th e a t tacks mounted by Aff l e ck ' shigh-pa id publ ic is ts in New York and h is "bul ldog" attorneys. Pla in t i f f decided to speak out in orderto prevent this from happen ing to o the r young wom en w ho a r e s imp ly t r y ing to make a l iv ing in theen ter ta inment indust ry and expect and deserve a non -hos ti l e w o rk ing env i ronmen t .

19. W ith th is ac t ion , Pla in t i f f seeks to recover compensatory and pun i t i v e damagesre la t ing to Affleck 's assau l t and inf l ict ion of emotional distress, as wel l as constructive discharge inv io l a t i on of public policy, breach of oral contract , un jus t en r i ch m en t , n eg l igen t inf l ic t ion o fem ot iona l d is tress and negl igence .

PARTIES2 0 . Pla in t i f f Magdalena Gorka is an i nd iv idua l w ho resides in Los Angeles , Ca l i forn ia .

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2 1 . O n in format ion an d bel ief , D efen d an t Casey A f f l e c k is an i n d i v i d u a l w h o resides inth e C o u n t y o f Lo s A n g e l e s in the State o f California.

22. On i n f o r m a t i o n and bel ief , D efen d an t F lemmy P rod uct ion s, LLC is a Californ ial im i te d l iab i l i ty compan y with it s pr in cipal p lace o f busin ess in L os A n g e l e s , C al i forn i a .

23. Plaintiff is ign oran t of the true n a m e s an d capac i t ies of defendants sued in thisC o m p l a i n t a s D O E S 1 t h r ou g h 10, in c lusiv e , an d th erefore sues these d efen d an ts by th ose f ic t i t iousn am es. P la in t i f f wi l l amend th is Com plain t to a l lege th eir t rue n ames an d capac i t ies wh e nascertained. P l a i n t i f f is i n f o r m e d an d believes a nd o n that basis al leges th at each of the f ict i t iouslyn amed d efen d an ts is respon sib le in some man n er for th e occurrences alleged in this Complaint, andal leges th at P la in t i f fs in jur ies , a s al leged in th is Complain t , w e r e caused b y d e f e n d a n t s ' c o n d u c t .

24. P l ai n t i f f is in forme d an d bel iev es th at a t a l l times re levan t to th is act ion , each of th ed e f e n d a n t s , i n c l u d i n g D O E S 1 t h r o u g h 1 0 , were act in g as the agent, servant, employee, partner,shareholder, officer , director o r j o i n t v e n t u r e r o f each of the o t h e r d e f e n d a n t s , and in d oin g th e actsh e r e in a l l e g e d , w a s act in g wi th in th e course a n d scope o f such agency, permission, corporate statuso r e m p l o y m e n t

J U R I S D I C T I O N A N D V E N U E25. The S uper ior Cour t for the State o f California in the C o u n t y o f Lo s A n g e l e s is theproper ju r isd ict ion an d v e n u e fo r th is act ion because a substantial portion of the acts g iv in g r ise to

D efen d an ts ' l iab i l i ty occurred in the C o u n t y o f Lo s A n geles .F A C T U A L B A C K G R O U N D

Plaintiffs Agreement with Affleck and Flemmy.26. In D e c e m b e r 2008, D efen d an ts h i red P la in t i f f to w o r k a s a D irector o f P h o t o g r a p h y

on th e P roject . T h e P roject is a d o c u m e n t a r y f o l l o w i n g actor J o a q u i n P h o e n i x o v e r th e course o f ayear an d f o c u s i n g o n P h oen ix ' s s ta ted ambit ion to g i v e u p act in g an d establish a ne w career as aperformer of rap m u s i c .

2 7. U n d e r th e terms o f he r a g r e e m e n t w i th D e f e n d a n t s , P l ai n t i f f was to receive a per-dayfee, as w e l l as a deferred fee to be paid to Pl a i nt i f f upon execut ion o f a d i s t ri b u t i o n a g r e e m e n t for thef i l m . Pl a i nt i f f w a s also to be r e c o g n i z e d as the "D irector o f P h otograph y" of the fi lm.70447.3 C O M P L A I N T


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38. One afternoon , Plaintiff shot a scene at the Palazzo Hotel where Phoenix performed aset as a rap artist. Following th e set, Plaintiff learned that Aff leck and Phoenix wanted to shootanother sequ ence in the ir hotel suite that eve ning . Several prostitutes, includin g male transvestites,were present for the evenin g shoot. Plaintiff was not aware of what Aff leck planne d for that shoot.

39. Plaintiff, White and the rest of the nearly all-male crew went to A f f l ec k ' s an dPhoenix 's hotel sui te . Aside from the crew, there w ere appro ximately 35 people at the hotel suiteinc lud ing th e prosti tutes.

40. Later in the evening, other mem bers of the production team began ma king offen sivecomments to Plaintiff and sug gesting that she engage in some of the beha vior exhib ited by theprosti tutes. Spec ifically, Langdon ma de the crude comment that Plaintiff should have "been a bodydoub le for the tranny so we can all go home." Instead of intervening to protect Plaint iff, Aff leckstood by and let Pla in t i f f be subjected to offensive comments and innuendo.

41. Plain tiff is inform ed and believes that none of the cond uct that occurred in the hotelsuite is in the version of the film that will be released to the publ ic . Plaintiff bel ieves that Aff leckorchestrated th e shoot in the hotel suite for his ow n twisted personal gratif ication and unfairlysubjected Pla in t i f f to the conduct inv olving the prostitutes for reasons hav ing noth ing to do with thepurpose of the Project.42. A f t e r the shoot in Las Vegas, bec ause Affleck had done n oth ing to protect Plaintifffrom his own outrageous and offensive conduct (and the conduct of others) , Plaint iff requested thatWh i te be physically present fo r every rem aining shoot on the f i lm.The Costa Rica Shoot.

43. In Costa Rica, Aff leck continue d his abusive tactics towards Plaintiff . As the on lywomen on the shoot in Costa Rica, Plaintiff and Wh ite shared a bedroom at the production team'sl iv ing quarters. O ne evening, Aff leck , Phoenix, Plaintiff and Whi te went to d inner with other crewmember s an d Phoenix's father at a restaurant several miles from the house where th e crew w asstaying.

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w e l l as one of the crew members that Affleck and Phoenix were engaging in sexu al ac t iv i ty in thei rb e d r o o m . A l t h o u g h A f f l ec k had his own room, he chose to invade P l a i n t i f f s privacy and violate herp e r sona l space. T his was a l l a par t of Af f leck 's campaign of abuse and harassment .

4 5 . In another incident , Gork a was exposed to so mu ch degradat ion and exh au st ion thatshe vomited whi le shoot ing.P l a i n t i f f Leaves T he Proj ec t For The Second Time.

4 6. A f t e r th e Costa Rica trip, A f f l ec k called Plaintiff and W h i t e to a m eet ing a t h is housein Los Angeles. Du ring the mee ting, Affle ck berated Pla intiff for her performan ce in Costa Rica.

4 7. Pl a i n t i f f tried to respond professionally to A f f leck 's cr it icism but was not w i l l i n g tosuccumb to h is v ic ious personal attacks. Plain tiff had endu red enou gh abu se and harassm ent on theProject and was not w i l l i n g to subject herself to any f ur ther d isparagement by A f f l e c k . Aff le c kstopped at n o t h i n g in his a t t e m p t to belittle a nd in t imidate Pl a i n t i f f into accepting h is misplacedcriticism and prof ani ty- laced t i rade. On A pril 3 , 2009, P l a i n t i f f s agent sent a resignation letter toAff le c k on he r behalf .

4 8. Pl a i n t i f f is inf ormed an d believes that A f f l e c k ref used to compensate P la i n t i f f asagreed because she objected to his harassing and abusive conduct, i n c l u d i n g his sexu al advances inN e w Y o r k . A f f l e c k encouraged and participated in the harassment of Pl a i n t i f f for his own sickdesire to dominate and control Plaintiff .

4 9 . Pl a i n t i f f only endured th e harassment as long as she did because s he wa s p r o u d of herwork on the Project and wanted to receive fair credit for her work. Pl a i n t i f f has not received all thecompensat ion du e t o he r f rom Def endants . P lain t i f f has suf f ered an d c o n t i n u e s to suffer fromh u m i l i a t i o n , embarrassment and emotional distress as a direct result of the harass m ent and abu se shee n d u r e d du rin g prod u ction, Plaintiff has experienced severe anxie ty and a loss of sleep as a result ofDef endants ' of f ensive a n d hu mil ia t ing treatment , inc lu ding their re ta l ia t ion against h e r w h e n sh eobjected to the host i le work environment .

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F I R S T C A U S E O F A C T I O N( I n t e n t iona l Inf l i c t ion o f E m o t i o n a l Distress)

( A g a i n s t a ll Def endants )50. Plain tiff hereby repeats, alleges, and inc orporates by reference all of the foregoing

and sub sequent paragraphs of thi s Com plaint as though these paragraphs were set forth in f u l l herein.51 . The c o n d u c t of Defendants w as outrageous, intentional, malicious, and done with

reckless disregard for the fac t that such unlawful , abus ive conduct w ould cer tainly cause Plaintiff tosuffer severe emotional distress .

52. The unla w ful and abus ive com ments and the intent iona l and crue l acts of sexualharas sm ent were so extreme and outrageous as to exceed all bou nds usu al ly to lerated in a civi l izedsociety.

53 . In engag ing in the condu ct a l leg ed above , Defendan ts , and each of them, intended tocaus e or possessed a reckless disregard for the proba bili ty of ca using , severe emo tiona l distress toP l a i n t i f f .

54. As a d i rect and proximate resul t of the wron gful cond uct of Defendan ts , the ir agentsand/or employees , Plaintiff w as harmed. Defendants ' conduct w as extreme and outrageous and hascaused Plaintiff in jury, damage , loss and harm inc lud ing loss of income, medical expenses,humi l ia t ion , embarrassment , severe mental and emotional distress and discomfort based on thesexual harassment experienced, th e precise amount to be determined at tr ial.

55 . The conduct described herein w as m al i c ious , fraudulent , and /o r oppressive, and donewith a wil l fu l and conscious disregard for Pla in t i f f s r i g h t s . Consequen t ly , Plaintiff is entit led topuni t ive dam ag es unde r C a l i fo rn ia Civ i l Code 3294 in an am ount to be determined at trial.

S E C O N D C A U S E O F ACTION(Cons t ruct ive Discharge in Violation of Public Pol icy)

( A g a i n s t al l Defendants)56. Plaintiff hereby repeats, alleges, and incorporates by reference all of the foregoing

and sub sequent paragraphs of this Co mplaint as thoug h these paragraphs w ere se t forth in f u l l herein.

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57 . Defendants intent iona l ly c rea ted and encouraged se xua l harassment in viola t ion of theFair E m p l o y m e n t and Housing A ct (FEHA ) , r e su l ti ng in an i n t imida t i ng , hos t i le , offens ive andabus ive workplace envi ronment .

58. P la int i f f s working condi t ion s were so intole rable and aggravated a t the t ime of theresignation of Plaintiff that a reasonable employer would have realized that a reasonab le person inth e posi t ion of Plaintiff wo uld be compel led to res ign.

59 . Plaintiff was, in fact , compelled to resign her employment because Defendants ' ac t sof sexual harassm ent and fai lure to prevent sexual harassment , as well as retal iat io n in the form ofrefusal to pay any agreed- to comp ensa t ion, crea ted an intole rable work ing envi ron men t .

60. A reasonable person under th e same circumstances, faced with th e same or similarconduc t , would have felt compel led to resign.

61. The fundam ent a l r igh t s embodi ed by FEHA inure to the benef i t of the public , no t jus tthe private interests of the employer and emp loyee, because al l indiv idu als w ithin the State ofCa l i fo rn i a are a fforded these rights.

62. C onseq uently, Defen dants ' construct ive discharge of Pla in t i f f as a re sul t of theirvio l a t i ons of FE HA i s a v i o la t i on o f Cal i forn ia pub l ic pol icy.

63. As a direct and proximate resul t of Defendan ts ' cons t ruc t ive discharge , Plaintiff hassuffered damages , th e precise amount to be proven at trial.T HI R D C A U S E OF A C T I O N

(Breach o f Oral C o n t r a c t )(Agains t a ll De fe nda n t s )

64. Pla in t i f f here by repeats, al leges, and incorporates by r e fe rence all of the fo rego ingand subsequent paragraphs of t h is C ompla in t as though these paragraphs were se t forth in f u l l he re in .

65. On or about December 1, 2008, A ffleck oral ly agreed to pay Plaintiff a fee of $300.00per day of shooting, and a deferred fee of $700.00 for each work day due and pay able upo nexecut ion of a distribut ion agreem ent . He also agreed to give her a Directo r of Photograp hy credi ton the film.

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6 6 . A ff le c k again confirmed the substance of that agreement on January 15 , 2009, bu tmod i f i e d the agreement to provide for deferred compe nsation in the am ount of $700 for seven da ysof p rod u c t ion , an d $550 f or the re m ain in g d ay s .

67 . Su b seq u e n t to the m a kin g of the se ora l agre e m e n ts , P l a i n t i f f p e rf orm e d a l lobligations, c on d i t ion s an d c ov e n an ts re q u ire d of he r by the agre e m e n ts .

68 . Up on in f orm at ion an d b e l ie f , the Proj e c t w as sold to a d is t rib u tor, Ma gn ol ia Pic tu re s,in Ju ly 2 0 1 0 .

6 9 . D e f e n d a n t s f a i l e d to c om p l y w ith the ir ob l iga t ion s u n d e r th e ora l agre e m e n t a ndbreached the agreement by fa i l i n g to pay Plai n t i f f the agreed-upon fee and fail ing to confirm that shewill receive a "Director of Photograp hy " c re d i t on the film.

70. A s a d ire c t an d p rox im a te re su lt of De f e n d a n ts ' b re ac h, P l a int i f f ha s sufferedd a m a g e s of a t least $15,000, th e p re c ise am ou n t to be proven a t t r ia l .

FOURTH CAUSE OF ACTION(Negligent Infl iction of Emot iona l Distress)

(Against all Defendants)7 1 . Plai n t i f f hereby repeats, al leges, a nd incorporates by re f e re n c e all of the foregoing

a nd subsequent paragraphs of this Complaint a s though these paragraphs were se t forth in f u l l h e r e i n .72. Defendants, a nd e ac h of them, owed Plai n t i f f a duty of due care to provide aw o r k p l a c e free from harassm e n t .

73. De f e n d a n ts , an d e ac h of the m , b re ac he d the ir d u ty of c are to P l a int i f f , b y p e rm it t in g aprolonged and severe pattern and practice of sexual harassment to develop in the workplace ofP la i n t i f f .

74. De f e n d a n ts kn e w , or shou ld hav e kn ow n , tha t the ir failure to exercise due care wo uldcause Plai n t i f f severe emotional distress.

7 5 . A s a direct a nd proximate result of the ab ov e -m e n t ion e d n e gl ige n t a nd careless acts,P l a int i f f has suffered humiliation, mental anguish, emotional and physical distress, and a loss ofsleep, re sulting in dama ges to be proven at trial .

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(Against all Defendants)76. P l a i n t i f f hereby repeats, a l leges , a n d incorpora tes by re ference a l l o f the forego ing

and subsequent paragraphs of th is Compla in t as though these paragraphs were set for th in f u l l here in .77. As an a l te rn a t ive theory o f recovery , P l a i n t i f f seeks damages on an equ i tab le c l a i m of

quas i -contac t and unjus t enr ichment .7 8 . D e f e n d a n t s h a v e ben ef i t ted s u b s t a n t i a l l y from P l a i n t i f f s services as a Director of

Photography on the Pro jec t and u n j u s t l y enriched themselves at the expense of P l a i n t i f f .79 . P l a i n t i f f is e n t i t l e d to receive the f a i r v a l u e of the services she prov ided to D e f e n d a n t s

in a n a m o u n t n ot less than $15,000, the precise a m o u n t to be proven a t t r i a l .SIXT H CAUSE OF ACT ION

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8 0 . P l a i n t i f f hereby repeats, alleges, a n d incorpora tes by reference al l of the foregoingand subsequent paragraphs o f th is Compla in t as though these paragraphs were set for th in f u l l h e r e i n .

8 1 . D e f e n d a n t s h a d a legal duty to exercise d ue care a n d c o n f o r m to a reasonab les tandard of c o n d u c t to pro tec t P l a i n t i f f f r o m i n j u r y or h a r m .

8 2 . D e f e n d a n t s f a i l e d to exercise d ue care a n d thereby breached the i r lega l du ty bye n g a g i n g i n o r f a i l i n g to prevent sexua l harassment a n d other o f fens ive a n d u n l a w f u l conduct tha tw a s in f l ic ted o n P l a i n t i f f .

83. In addi t ion, P l a i n t i f f i s en t i t led to a p resumpt ion o f neg l igence as Defen dan ts 'c o n d u c t c o n s t i t u t e s a v i o l a t i o n of F E H A , P l a i n t i f f s in jur y resul ted f rom occurrences of a n a t u r ew h i c h FE H A w a s des igned to prevent , a n d P l a i n t i f f was one o f the class of persons for whosep r o te c t io n FE H A w a s a d o p t ed .

84 . As a d i rec t and prox im ate resu lt o f Def end an ts ' neg l igence , P l a i n t i f f ha s suffereddamages i n c l u d i n g h u m i l i a t i o n , m e n t a l a n g u i sh , em o t i o n a l a n d physica l dis tress, i n c l u d i n g a n x i e t y ,stress, a n d a loss of sleep, resu l t ing in d a m a g e s to be proven a t t r i a l .

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