'Sex-for-roles' actress Charlotte Kirk files lawsuit against three Hollywood movie moguls to lift gag order over 2013 incident where she claims 'she was forced into having non-consensual sex with Warner Bros. CEO to seal $450M financing deal'
British actress Charlotte Kirk has filed a secret lawsuit against three Hollywood producers in an attempt to lift a gag order relating to a 2013 incident in which she claims she was forced into having non-consensual sex to secure a film financing deal.
The Hollywood Reporter claims that Kirk, 28, filed the petition in Los Angeles Superior Court on September 3. The lawsuit reportedly relates to Australian billionaire James Packer, and filmmakers Brett Ratner and Avi Lerner and ousted Warner Bros CEO Kevin Tsujihara. Sources told The Hollywood Reporter that the petition was filed under pseudonyms.
Kirk now wants to lift a gag order to speak freely about an alleged incident that took place at Hotel Bel-Air on September 26, 2013, despite signing a confidentiality agreement last year.
According to the suit, Kirk claims she was forced into having non-consensual sex with Tsujihara - who was then the head of Warner Bros - in order to seal a $450 million slate financing deal between that company and RatPac-Dune Entertainment - a production firm founded by Packer and Ratner.
All four men vehemently deny the claims. A lawyer for Packer, Ratner and Lerner said his clients were victims of a multi-million-dollar extortion plot orchestrated by Kirk and two others.
British actress Charlotte Kirk has filed an explosive lawsuit against four Hollywood producers in an attempt to vacate a gag order relating to a 2013 incident in which she claims she was forced into sex to secure a film financing deal
The filing relating to the Bel-Air Hotel incident states in part: When Kirk arrived, she was introduced to a cocaine snorting Tsujihara] who shortly thereafter left and went into another room.
'Packer told Kirk that Tsujihara wanted to discuss her career further in the other room. Kirk entered the other room to find Tsujihara naked on the bed and demanding sex.
'When Kirk hurried to the adjoining bathroom and strongly objected by text message to Packer, he ordered her to comply by replying 'Be Cool'. When attempting to leave the room, the significantly taller and larger Packer blocked her from leaving and menacingly told her she had to have sex with Tsujihara.
'Desperate to have Petitioner comply, Packer offered her $30,000 to do as he demanded, which she did not accept. Fearing for her personal safety, being blacklisted and the destruction of her career before it ever began, she complied with Packer's demands and engaged in non-consensual intercourse with Tsujihara under duress.
'Kirk later learned she was Packer's offering to Tsujihara to further induce him to agree to a $450,000,000 deal between Packer and Ratner, and Tsujihara and Warner Bros.'
According to the suit, Kirk claims she was forced into sex with Tsujihara (pictured) - who was then the head of Warner Bros. He has vehemently denied the accusation
James Packer (left) and Brett Ratner (right) were named in the suit. Kirk claims she was forced into having non-consensal sex with Tsujihara to 'induce him to agree to a $450 million deal' between Warner Bros and their production company RatPac-Dune Entertainment. Packer and Ratner have vehemently denied the claims
American-Israeli film director Avi Lerner is also named in the documents. He has denied the claims relating to him
Kirk went on to have a brief consensual affair with Tsujihara. Last year, he was forced to resign from his post as Warner Bros CEO following claims he had promised auditions to Kirk in return for sex. He strenuously disputed those accusations.
Now, Tsujihara is also vehemently denying the new claims that he had non-consensual sex with Kirk in September 2013.
His attorney released a statement to The Hollywood Reporter, which read: 'Any claims made against Kevin Tsujihara related to Ms. Kirk are legally and factually baseless, manufactured many years after their brief consensual relationship to unjustly seek the payment of money.
'The relationship was pursued by Ms. Kirk and at all times understood by Kevin to be entirely consensual. While Kevin continues to regret the relationship and the impact it had on his family, he will pursue all legal remedies available to protect himself from extortionate claims and prevent false accusations against him.'
Meanwhile, Packer, Ratner and Singer are also disputing Kirk's claims.
Their lawyer told The Hollywood Reporter that the men 'are the victims of a multi-million-dollar civil extortion plot perpetrated by Charlotte Kirk' and two others.
'This so-called legal filing is simply the latest element of their 'honey trap' scheme to extort my clients with ever-evolving, outlandish false allegations of misconduct unless they are paid millions of dollars.'
Kirk is pictured with her current boyfriend, British director Neil Marshall
Text messages obtained by The Hollywood Reporter regarding the Hotel Bel-Air encounter do not provide clarity on the situation.
In 2014, Kirk allegedly sent a message to Packer with read: 'u made me sleep with Kevin [Tsujihara]'
Packer reportedly replied: 'I didn't promise u anything or make u do anything. This is a very uncool conversation.'
Meanwhile, Kirk is said to have sent a text to Ratner the following year in which she claimed she was 'used as the icing on the cake for your finance deal with Warner Bros.
'It's gross what you all did to me!!!' she allegedly wrote.
But Kirk spoke with DailyMailTV in April 2019 after several of the texts between her, Packer and Ratner were leaked.
'I don't consider myself a victim then because it was my choice,' she stated.
'I wasn't forced into anything and I did what I wanted to do - good or bad. I would make completely different choices now and I regret doing that.'
Kirk, pictured last year, said at the time that she did not consider herself a victim of any of the men because she pursued them
Last month, Kirk hit headlines after it was revealed she also had an affair with NBCUniversal boss Ron Meyer.
Meyer was ousted from his long-held position after anonymous blackmailers sent a draft lawsuit to the network threatening to expose the affair, forcing him to admit he was being extorted over it.
Meyer, 75, stepped down after telling friends and colleagues that he had an affair with 'a woman' - later identified by others as Kirk, 28 - 'many years ago'.
The Hollywood Reporter and Variety that it was in 2012, when Kirk would have been 20 and Meyer, then married and 47 years her senior, would have been 67.
It ended with Kirk making some kind of allegation against him, before he reportedly paid her a 'settlement' in a bid to keep the ordeal quiet.
Last month, Kirk hit headlines after it was revealed she also had an affair with NBCUniversal boss Ron Meyer
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