Makers of racing drama “Luck” sued over horse welfare issues
HBO’s racing drama, “Luck”, canned final March next the deaths of 3 horses during production, has landed a case over its fauna welfare efforts.
The Hollywood Reporter reports that Barbara Casey, who worked equally the manager of production inwards the American Humane Association (AHA) cinema together with tv unit, has filed a case against her quondam employer together with HBO.
Casey is suing the association for allegedly wrongfully terminating her occupation inwards Jan 2012.
She is also suing HBO together with Luck producer Stewart Productions for allegedly aiding together with abetting an alleged abuse cover-up months earlier the serial was cancelled.
Three horses were euthanized during 10 months of production of the show, which starred Dustin Hoffman together with Nick Nolte. It was rating modestly at the fourth dimension of cancellation.
In the case filed inwards Los Angeles Superior Court, Casey alleges the AHA observed drugged horses, underweight and/or ill horses routinely used for operate on the show, the misidentification of horses past times producers together with then that fauna security representatives could non runway their medical histories, together with more.
Casey claims HBO together with Stewart Productions wanted to relieve fourth dimension together with coin together with that rather than cooperate amongst the AHA, the production companies pressured the organization to permit them to violate the AHA’s fauna security standards.
HBO responded inwards a contention to The Hollywood Reporter, saying: “We took every precaution to ensure that our horses were treated humanely together with amongst the utmost care, exceeding every safeguard of all protocols together with guidelines required of the production.”
Casey alleges inwards her suit: “AHA bowed to political together with fiscal pressure level together with refused to study the Production Defendants’ comport to the authorities.
“AHA instructed Plaintiff non to study such conduct. AHA engaged inwards efforts to conceal together with comprehend upwards the production defendants’ criminal activities.”
She continues: “The Production Defendants pressured AHA to permit the purpose of unsuitable horses inwards an essay out to ensure that sufficient numbers of horses would locomote available to encounter its production demands.”
The arrange states that Casey believes HBO together with Stewart Productions wanted the AHA to terminate her occupation together with provided encouragement to practise so, “so that the Luck production would non locomote made to a greater extent than costly, fourth dimension consuming and/or otherwise disrupted”.
The Hollywood Reporter storey tin locomote read here.
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