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Does the Academy Deliberately Award Domestic Abusers?


2. Sylvester Stallone

Three-time Oscar nominee Sylvester Stallone became everyone’s hero when he played the character Rocky Balboa in the Rocky franchise. But away from the lights of Hollywood, the actor was dealing with a disturbing allegation.

Secret tapes were revealed of Stallone speaking to his half-sister, Toni-Ann Filiti, who claimed he abused her in the 80s. She said Stallone physically injured her, and she threatened to sue until he agreed to pay her $2 million plus $16,666.66 a month for the rest of her life. The tapes were later destroyed after the two reached their multi-million-dollar settlement, Filiti later died in August 2013 of lung cancer.

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