Gina Carano “Grotesquely Trivialized The Holocaust,” Disney Says; Wants Elon Musk-Backed Suit On ‘Mandalorian’ Firing Tossed

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“Disney had enough” In a filing last night to dismiss Gina Carano‘s wrongful discharge and sex discrimination lawsuit over being fired from The Mandalorian, the Mouse House states that the former MMA-fighter lost her Star Wars job in 2021 because she decided “to publicly trivialize the Holocaust by comparing criticism of political conservatives to the annihilation of millions of Jewish people—notably, not ‘thousands’—was the final straw for Disney.”  Read Disney’s Motion To Dismiss Gina Carano’s Lawsuit Over Her Mandalorian Firing Here Seeking a June 12 hearing in federal court in DTLA in front of Judge Sherilyn Peace Garnett, the Daniel Petrocelli-represented Disney insists the Elon Musk-backed action should be tossed out “on the grounds that Disney has a constitutional right not to associate its artistic expression with Carano’s speech, such that the First Amendment provides a complete defense to Carano’s claims.” Claiming her “words were consistently twisted to demonize & dehumanize me as an alt right wing extremist” during the very public dispute three years ago, Carano took the Bob Iger-run company to court in early February to get back her high-profile Mandalorian role of Rebel ranger Cara Dune and a TIE fighter full of damages.

Along with fellow defendants Lucasfilm and Huckleberry Industries, Disney made it clear this week you don’t need to be a Jedi master to know that’s not going to happen.

They detailed the way it all went down fast with Carano in their April 9 filing: Carano’s social-media usage sunk to its nadir on February 10, 2021.

On that day, she reposted an Instagram post from user warriorpriestgympodcast. The post read: “Jews were beaten in the streets, not by Nazi soldiers but by their