Former child actor Raquel Lee Bolleau is suing Disney.
The lawsuit accuses the company of negligence.
Raquel says that she was plied with alcohol and repeatedly raped at 14.
She is seeking a jury trial and unspecified damages.
Please be warned that these allegations are haunting
TMZ obtained a copy of Raquel’s lawsuit, in which she lays out her claims against Disney.
She says that Disney staffers instructed her to “bond” with an unnamed employee when she went to film The Poof Point, a Disney Channel original, in 2001.
The lawsuit says that the man gave her alcohol in his Utah hotel room.
He allegedly insisted that she later return alone. By this point, she was heavily intoxicated.
This, Raquel says, is when the man raped her for the first time.
In a new court filing, the former child actress Raquel Lee alleges she was repeatedly raped and sexually assaulted by a Disney worker during production of The Poof Point, a 2001 Disney Channel original movie. The suit, which doesn’t name the perpetrator, accuses the studio of negligence.
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According to Raquel, the sexual abuse against her continued during production of The Poof Point.
She says that members of the production crew saw her showing up sick and vomiting.
Naturally, Raquel also smelled like alcohol.
Despite her being only 14 years old at the time, no one stepped in.
Even on the flight back to California, Raquel says, the man sexually assaulted her again.
She’s suing for negligence and seeking unspecified damages
According to Raquel, the effects of the sexual abuse and being plied with alcohol at such a young age were immediately apparent.
This all impacted both her behavior and her performance in the Disney Channel original film.
Additionally, Raquel’s lawsuit alleges that higher-ups at Disney blamed her for being “out of control” instead of looking into why that might be.
Raquel says that the trauma cut short her acting career — and inflicted decades of emotional and psychological harm.
She’s suing Disney for negligence, seeking unspecified damages while saying that the company failed to properly screen its hires and supervise its employees — and she’s paying the price.
The Poof Point was one of a series of child-friendly family films featuring everyday life with one single science fiction element that drove the plot.
(There were, memorably, a bunch of “smart house” style films at the time.)
The premise of this film was mental age-regression caused by time machine that a dog accidentally sabotaged.
Not necessarily in the absolute cinema category, but part of what helped make Disney a family entertainment powerhouse beyond the big branded films. It was a precursor to the Hannah Montana and Wizards of Waverly Place era.
We are heartbroken to read this description of Raquel’s experiences. Though there should probably not be such a thing as “child stars,” any child actors should (and must) be protected.