Raquel Lee Boileau, who starred as a teenager in the 2001 Disney Channel film “The Poof Point,” has filed a lawsuit against the Walt Disney Company alleging she was repeatedly raped and sexually abused by an adult crew member during production, and that the studio knew about the misconduct and failed to stop it.
The complaint, filed August 21 in Los Angeles County Superior Court, identifies the alleged perpetrator only as “John Doe,” describing him as a middle-aged Disney employee involved in filming the movie. Boileau was 14 at the time.
According to the filing, the man gave her alcohol and assaulted her on multiple occasions in his hotel room while the production was based in Salt Lake City, and again during a flight back to Los Angeles. The suit also claims he made sexually explicit remarks about her body within earshot of crew members and used physical affection to draw her closer, conduct the complaint says was visible to adults on set.
Boileau’s attorneys, Doug Wigdor and Jane Kim of Wigdor LLP, argue that Disney bears responsibility for failing to supervise a minor performer and for concealing what they describe as apparent abuse. Under California law, plaintiffs can pursue triple damages if a company is shown to have known about abuse and covered it up, a standard the suit contends applies here. The complaint further alleges that after the abuse, Disney staff characterized Boileau’s changed behavior as a discipline problem rather than a response to trauma, and that the studio later pulled her from a planned role.
Boileau continued working with Disney in the years after the film, including voice work on the Disney Channel series “The Proud Family” and its 2022 streaming revival. She also appeared in the 2024 docuseries “Quiet on Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV,” which examined misconduct allegations against adults in children’s television, though she did not discuss the “Poof Point” allegations at the time.
Disney has not issued a public response to the specific claims in the complaint. The lawsuit arrives amid a broader wave of litigation and public scrutiny over the treatment of child performers in Hollywood, an issue that gained renewed attention following the release of “Quiet on Set” and subsequent legal actions by other former child actors.
