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“Star Trek” and “Transformers” screenwriter and producer Roberto Orci was accused of “repeatedly” physically and sexually assaulting his wife, actress Adele Heather Taylor, in a lawsuit filed Monday.

The filing, a countersuit to Orci’s June suit against Taylor claiming she assaulted him with a Taser and pepper spray, graphically details years of abuse dating back to a March 2018 incident that saw Taylor fleeing a taxi after Orci struck her three times in the face. It characterizes the producer as a bipolar alcoholic who “seldom takes his medication” — one who would belittle his wife with insults like “whore,” “slut” and “other derogatory, sexist slurs.”

Other instances of assault detailed in the countersuit include a pair of May 2022 and June 2022 incidents where Orci beat Taylor to the ground and raped her in their garden, proclaiming in the former case that he “can do whatever I want to you” and in the...

Roberto Orci, a screenwriter for several Star Trek and Transformers films as well as Hawaii Five-0, has been accused of beating and sexually assaulting his wife, actress Adele Heather Taylor.

In a countersuit filed Monday, Taylor claims she has been the “target of [Orci’s] violent conduct” on multiple occasions dating back to March 2018. She accuses Orci of “abusive behavior” that included sexual assault, beating her until she was bruised and belittling her with insults.

In one instance in May 2022, Taylor alleges that Orci chased her around their Los Angeles home before pinning her on the ground and threatening to rape her. The following month, he allegedly assaulted her a second time, while telling her, “You enjoy being raped.”

Taylor also says in the complaint that she was arrested for domestic abuse in April 2020 after Orci called law enforcement when she tried to fight him off after he attacked her. Orci later...

Roberto Orci, the screenwriter known for his work on Star Trek and Transformers, has been accused of physical abuse and sexual assault by his wife, Adele Heather Taylor.

Taylor filed a lawsuit against Orci on Monday, alleging that the screenwriter would fly into violent rages, call her a “slut,” a “whore,” and would drag her around the house. She also alleges that Orci once pinned her down on the ground in their garden and threatened to rape her. She adds that he followed through on his threat the following month, telling her, “You enjoy being raped.“

The lawsuit is in response to a suit Orci filed against Taylor in June, accusing her of domestic abuse. He alleges that she pepper-sprayed him and even shot him with a taser. Orci actually called the cops on Taylor in April 2020 and had her arrested for domestic abuse, later bailing her out, but Taylor...

Roberto Orci, a screenwriter on the “Star Trek” and “Transformers” franchises, was accused in a lawsuit Monday of repeatedly beating and sexually assaulting his wife.

Adele Heather Taylor, an actor in “The Blacklist,” “Hail, Caesar!” and more, alleges in the suit that Orci was bipolar, an alcoholic and would fly into violent rages. She alleges that he would call her a “slut,” a “whore” and would drag her around the house and beat her, leaving bruises all over her body.

In May 2022, she alleges that Orci chased her into the garden and pinned her down on the ground and threatened to rape her. The following month, she alleges that he sexually assaulted her in the garden, telling her, “You enjoy being raped.”

She also alleges that Orci called the police on her in April 2020, after she had tried to fight him off, and that she was arrested for domestic abuse.

Eugenio Derbez will star and produce Netflix‘s Lotería, a family film inspired by the titular card game popular in Latin America and the United States.

The actor and comedian will portray a recently widowed father who discovers an old family deck of Lotería Don Clemente cards comes to life while trying to bond with his kids that take the family on a global adventure. While uncovering the secrets of the deck, they have to steer clear of a mysterious business magnate with devious plans.

Similar to bingo, Lotería Don Clemente is a popular game of chance that uses a 54-card deck with colorful images instead of numbered balls. Players use a board featuring a grid of 16 images (four images in rows of four) to be marked with a chip—oftentimes pinto beans are used—as the caller announces the name of a card. Whoever claims...

Eugenio Derbez will star in Netflix’s “Lotería,” a family adventure film inspired by the iconic Lotería Don Clemente card game.

The movie will be directed by Emmy nominee James Bobin with a script by Roberto Orci and J.R. Orci (“The Blacklist” and “Fringe”) based on a story by Roberto Orci and Adele Heather Taylor.

Derbez, who appeared as Bernardo in Sian Heder’s Sundance drama hit “Coda,” will star in “Lotería” as a recently widowed father looking to bond with his children when a deck of Lotería Don Clemente cards come to life. The family end up on a globe-trotting journey to keep the deck from falling into the hands of a villainous business magnate.

Sometimes referred to as Mexican Bingo, Lotería dates back to 15th century Italy. The colorful imagery and version of the game that is played today were created and popularized Don Clemente Jacques in 1887.

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