Anna Faris recently made waves by claiming that deceased director Ivan Reitman inappropriately touched her while making the film "My Super Ex-Girlfriend." While this wrongful act clearly constitutes sex discrimination and would support a really good case, there is likely not going to be a successful lawsuit that results. Now you might be thinking that the reason for this is because Reitman is deceased, but that wouldn't stop a victim like Faris from suing his estate. Nonetheless, the real issue is how long ago the alleged incident happened, which was around 2006. Simply, there is no discrimination statute of limitations throughout the country that provides for a case from that long ago. That said, states, like New York, have extended the statute of limitations for victims of certain sexual crimes to 20 years and perhaps, if more happened than just the alleged slapping of her butt and it occurred, at least in part, within one of these states, she would still have a claim. Yet, on the facts that we know, there is no case.
More analysis from Attorney Andrew Lieb in Newsweek here.
