Sean Penn Sues 'Empire' Creator Lee Daniels For Claiming The Actor Hits Women
For 10 million bucks.
Claims the "Empire" creator falsely accused the actor of beating women when he compared him to one of the show's stars, Terrence Howard.
"[Terrence] ain't done nothing different than Marlon Brando or Sean Penn, and all of a sudden he's some f**kin' demon," Daniels told The Hollywood Reporter earlier this month, when asked about the "Empire" star's recent legal problems. "That's a sign of the time, of race, of where we are right now in America."
Penn's thing aside, Daniels' message is well-taken: if you do something horrible - but someone who has been in movies has also done it - and you don't get a pass - you are a victim.
Or this isn't America.