38 women sue director James Toback for sexual misconduct in new lawsuit

More than three dozen women have filed a lawsuit in New York against writer and director James Toback, accusing him of sexual abuse. Photo: AP

Thirty-eight women say in a new lawsuit that disgraced director James Toback sexually abused and assaulted them.

The civil suit, filed on Monday (Dec 5) in Manhattan Supreme Court, New York, comes after hundreds of women accused Toback of sexual misconduct since 2017.