James Franco Sued For Defaming Ex-NYU Professor Who Failed Him
James Franco may be Hollywood's most accomplished, out there polyglot, but one former professor isn't too happy with how the Oscar nominee has spoken publicly of his time as a film student at NYU. José Angel Santana, who was fired in 2011, filed a lawsuit against the actor for calling him "awful" and a "bad teacher" while doing the press rounds for The Broken Tower. “Whoever was in Clint Eastwood’s chair at the Republican National Convention was more present than Mr. Franco was in my classes,” Santana told the NY Post. Oh snap did he just make a Clint RNC chair joke??
I mean, Franco only missed 12 out of 14 classes. Did that really warrant a "D" grade? (Eh, it probably deserved an "F." Then again I'm no college professor. OH, BUT GUESS WHO IS? ) Franco supposedly skipped out on Santana's classes to go give an Academy Award-nominated performance in 127 Hours for Danny Boyle, so I guess that worked out pretty well for him.
Stay tuned to see how this one pans out...
[NY Post]
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if he didn't do whatever was required n the class, he deserved a lousy grade and was out of line criticizing the professor. too bad it has turned into this.
Ha, how can you sue someone for telling the truth?!? You can't! This guy was fired because he wasn't very good - which is why most people are fired! Read the suit here http://www.suitsinthenews.com/nyu-professor-vs-james-franco. This lawsuit will die.
The dude is out of work and just wants some Franco cash.
If the student missed 90% of the classes, then the student deserves to be failed. Plain and simple, no matter who it is.