A tentative settlement has been reached in a lawsuit that alleged James Franco intimidated students at acting and film school he founded into gratuitous and exploitative sexual situations, attorneys for the plaintiffs said. The two sides filed a joint status report in Los Angeles Superior Court telling a judge a settlement had been reached in the class-action lawsuit brought by former students at the now-defunct school, Studio 4, though elements of the lawsuit may live on. The document was filed on February 11, but the settlement has not previously been reported.
