Valerie Harper Sued for $2 Million for Failing to Reveal Cancer Diagnosis
Valerie Harper has been slapped with a $2 million lawsuit for allegedly failing to reveal her cancer diagnosis while working on the play, “Looped.”
Playwright Matthew Lombardo and the producers of “Looped” filed a suit in Manhattan Federal Court against Harper and her husband, Tony Cacciotti, according to the New York Daily News. The suit claims the two “were both aware” the actress was diagnosed with lung cancer in 2009, but failed to disclose that information until after she signed onto the play. They supposedly “knowingly withheld the truth” about her previous cancer diagnosis until after it had spread to her brain.
“Looped” lasted for 27 previews and 25 performances at the Lyceum Theater in 2010, according to the New York Post. The show was set to head out on a national tour for 2012-2013 when Harper’s health declined in January 2013 during rehearsals.
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