Gina Carano: I'm Going to Call Kathleen Kennedy to Testify, and Pedro Pascal Too

Go Gina Go!

Gina Carano's legal battle over her firing from The Mandalorian could feature a star-studded cast of witnesses, including Pedro Pascal, Jon Favreau and ex-Disney chief executive Bob Chapek.

In a joint filing from the ex-MMA fighter and Disney, Carano pointed to those names as potential witnesses that could be called to testify in her case. She also included Bear Grylls, Lucasfilm president Kathleen Kennedy and Lynne Hale, the engineer of the publicity campaign behind Star Wars.

Interesting. She's not calling this woman for no reason. Carano must have reason to think that she was part of the smear campaign against her.

The July 26 court document previews issues to be raised in the trial -- tentatively scheduled for Sept. 25, 2025 -- such as whether Carano was under contract on Feb. 10, 2021, when Disney purportedly terminated her for voicing right-wing opinions on social media.

"Right wing opinions" like "we shouldn't dehumanize our political opponents and treat them as enemies in war."

I guess that is a right-wing idea, because the left certainly does believe in dehumanization and constant civil war.

Oh, and this right-wing lunatic also questioned if it was prudent to mandate people take a non-vaccine which wasn't just untested -- even the type of non-vaccine (gene therapy) was entirely new and completely untested.

What a loon!

Another contested issue is whether Carano was treated differently than her male co-stars. In her lawsuit, filed in February, she alleged that Disney and Lucasfilm turned a blind eye to others, who she said made offensive and denigrating posts directed toward Republicans, while she was allegedly fired for her cultural and religious beliefs. She pointed to Pascal's 2017 post comparing former President Donald Trump to Hitler.

Other posts from Pascal cited in the lawsuit include one of him comparing the United States response to those entering the country illegally to Germany's concentration camps.

The Mandalorian creator Favreau, meanwhile, would presumably be called to testify on whether Disney greenlit plans for a new spinoff titled Rangers of the New Republic that would have featured Carano's Cara Dune as one of its lead characters. Kennedy in 2020 confirmed production of the title.

She may ask him about more than that -- she might ask him whether Kathleen Kennedy badgered him to fire her or demand that she tow the Disney line on Inserting Gayness Into Everything.

Grylls may be called to testify over allegations that Disney pulled an episode of Running Wild With Bear Grylls that featured Carano after she was terminated.

Well we know that happened. Grylls did a show with Carano, then Disney demanded that the show be buried and unaired. Grylls fought back and demanded it be aired. He won.

Gina wants some "devastating" discovery:

WDW_Pro reported -- not sure what his source was -- that neither party is attempting to settle this case.

I can understand why Carano isn't. She says she's taking this "all the way," and Musk isn't backing her just to get a cash settlement. He wants a real win.

Why isn't Disney making an offer, though? They might know that not even their money can affect what's coming, and that Carano might just publicly disclose their efforts to buy her off, further embarrassing them.

posted by Disinformation Expert Ace at 04:23 PM

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