The Walt Disney Company has reportedly settled with former Marvel Studios executive Victoria Alonso after she threatened legal action following her alleged firing last month, according to Deadline.
- Details about the settlement are confidential but Deadline reports that Alonso received a multimillion-dollar financial compensation.
- Deadline also reports the settlement was reached in the past few days.
- Alonso was let go from Marvel Studios in late March, ending a 17-year career with the company, which she began as chief of visual effects and post-production in 2006.
- Alonso was a co-producer on Iron Man, Iron Man 2, Thor and Captain America: The First Avenger before being upped to an executive producer on The Avengers.
- Since then, Alonso has served as an executive producer on all subsequent Marvel Studios projects, including their Disney+ original series.
- Her most recent title with the studio was president, physical and postproduction, visual effects and animation production.
- Shortly after her firing, Alonso enlisted the legal services of heavyweight Hollywood litigator Patty Glaser.
- A statement was released from Glaser and the Glaser Weil Fink Howard Avchen & Shapiro LLP Partner, which reads: “The idea that Victoria was fired over a handful of press interviews relating to a personal passion project about human rights and democracy that was nominated for an Oscar and which she got Disney’s blessing to work on is absolutely ridiculous. Victoria, a gay Latina who had the courage to criticize Disney, was silenced. Then she was terminated when she refused to do something she believed was reprehensible. Disney and Marvel made a really poor decision that will have serious consequences. There is a lot more to this story and Victoria will be telling it shortly—in one forum or another.”
- Disney responded at the time, telling Deadline, It’s unfortunate that Victoria is sharing a narrative that leaves out several key factors concerning her departure, including an indisputable breach of contract and a direct violation of company policy. We will continue to wish her the best for the future and thank her for her numerous contributions to the studio.”