Casey Affleck is fighting back against producer Amanda White, who filed a sexual harassment suit this month claiming she endured “unwelcome sexual advances” during the filming of the documentary, “I’m Still Here: The Lost Year of Joaquin Phoenix,” which they worked on together. Sources close to the case said White started asking for more money for her work on the film — “in fact even more than Casey was being paid as director” — in January 2009, then left the project in April. They carried on talks about money until July 2, 2010, when White’s lawyer, Brian Procel, said she was making a claim for sexual harassment. A rep for Affleck said White made a “blatant grab for more money, and when each of her other tactics and new theories didn’t work, she concocted these desperate, fabricated claims.” Affleck’s lawyer, Marty Singer, has filed a motion in LA County Superior Court to have the matter set tled by arbitration. Procel declined to com ment.
Casey Affleck fightings back against sexual harassment suit
