Warren Beatty Sued for Allegedly Coercing Sex With a Minor in 1973 - Variety

A pistillate has filed a suit against Warren Beatty, alleging that the histrion coerced her into having enactment with him successful 1973 erstwhile she was 14 oregon 15 years old.

Kristina Charlotte Hirsch filed the suit successful Los Angeles Superior Court connected Monday. The suit does not mention Beatty by name, but identifies the suspect arsenic having been nominated for an Academy Award for his relation arsenic Clyde successful “Bonnie and Clyde” — a wide notation to Beatty.

Hirsch, who present lives successful Louisiana, alleges that Beatty met her connected a movie set, wherever helium paid “undue attention” to her, commented connected her looks and gave her his telephone number. She alleges that Beatty called her galore times successful 1973, invited her to the edifice wherever helium was surviving and brought her connected car rides.

Representatives for Beatty did not respond to requests for comment.

The suit besides states that Beatty — who would person been astir 35 astatine the clip — offered to assistance her with her homework and commented to her respective times astir losing her virginity.

According to the suit, the suspect “used his presumption and presumption arsenic an big and a Hollywood movie prima to coerce intersexual interaction with Plaintiff connected aggregate occasions, including oral sex, simulated enactment and yet coerced intersexual intercourse with the insignificant child.”

The suit states that Hirsch was “initially thrilled” by the attraction and believed she was successful a romanticist narration with him.

Hirsch is seeking compensation for psychological, intelligence and affectional distress. The suit alleges that she has had trouble interacting with radical successful positions of authorization arsenic a effect of the intersexual abuse, and has suffered “issues with spot and control.”

Hirsch filed the suit nether a 2019 California law that opened a three-year “lookback window” for claims of kid intersexual maltreatment that would different beryllium barred by the statute of limitations. That model expires connected Jan. 1, 2023.

Hirsch is represented by Michael Reck and Michael Finnegan of the instrumentality steadfast of Jeff Anderson & Associates. The steadfast has handled galore kid enactment maltreatment cases involving the Catholic Church and the Boy Scouts of America.