Franco Zeffirelli's 'Romeo and Juliet' stars Olivia Hussey, Leonard Whiting called 2023 Blu-Ray release 'child pornography' due to alleged enhancement

A second lawsuit surrounding the bedroom scene in 1968's "Romeo and Juliet" has been dismissed by a judge, according to court documents reviewed by TheWrap. Actors Leonard Whiting and Olivia Hussey - who played the titular characters and were 17 and 16 at the time - filed a suit in 2022 alleging director Franco Zefforelli tricked them into being nude for the film's bedroom scene.

A judge dismissed the lawsuit by 'Romeo & Juliet' stars Olivia Hussey and Leonard Whiting over the film's nude scene, citing consent and statute of limitations.

Olivia Hussey was 16 years old when she filmed a brief nude scene in the 1968 version of Romeo and Juliet. More than 50 years later, she calls the scene

A judge has dismissed a second lawsuit over the 1968 'Romeo and Juliet' nude scene, citing the actors’ consent and contracts.

A judge on Monday dismissed a second lawsuit over the bedroom scene in the 1968 version of “Romeo and Juliet,” finding that the lead actors consented to their appearance in the film. Actors Olivia Hussey and Leonard Whiting were 16 and 17 at the time ...

Paramount Pictures won a round in court Monday when a judge ordered dismissed on free-speech grounds a renewed lawsuit by the then-teenage stars of the 1968 film "Romeo and Juliet," in which the plaintiffs said they were duped into appearing partially nude in one of the movie's scenes.