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

A Superior Court judge found no significant change in the Criterion re-release of the film to depart from 2023's first ruling.

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 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.

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

Actors Olivia Hussey and Leonard Whiting were 16 and 17 at the time of filming. They first sued Paramount in December 2022, alleging that they were duped by director Franco Zeffirelli into appearing in the nude. The scene includes a lingering shot of ...

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.