Gina Carano Sues Disney Over ‘Mandalorian’ Firing on Elon Musk Funding

Gina Carano is suing Disney over her firing from “The Mandalorian” — claiming she was punished for not toeing the political social gathering line … and Elon Musk‘s backing her.

The actress — who bought canned by the Mouse Home in 2021, proper within the thick of COVID — simply filed go well with in opposition to her former employer … alleging she was wrongfully terminated from her job over posting her political opinions on social media … one thing she claims did not occur to her male co-workers who made related posts.

Within the docs, obtained by TMZ, Carano claims she was fired for not conforming to “progressive orthodoxy” that was being espoused on the firm and in most of the people, particularly as pertained to COVID insurance policies on the time.

Particularly, Gina says a message she reposted that referenced persecution of Jews throughout the Holocaust — evaluating that state of affairs to what was occurring with people who spoke out about COVID and different conservative-leaning positions — was what pissed Disney off.

Whereas the corporate got here out on the time to slam her for what they stated was “denigrating people based on their cultural and religious identities” … GC says her social media publish wasn’t meant that means in anyway, and that the context of what she was getting at bought misplaced.

Extra importantly, Gina claims Disney did not hearth her over efficiency — however merely for expressing political opinions that had been thought-about unpopular and antithetical to Disney’s … and Gina says that was a authorized no-no.

What’s extra, Gina says different male costars of hers additionally made politically inflammatory feedback on-line on the time — together with when Mark Hamill was accused of liking a transphobic tweet — however Disney accepted their explanations and moved on.

Backside line … Carano says her profession was negatively impacted, and that she misplaced out on boatloads of money contemplating her work was going swimmingly earlier than issues took a political flip. She’s suing for unspecified damages … however we’re guessing it’s going to be so much.