Court ruling on actor disqualified from role for refusing COVID vaccine has long-lasting implications
The court found Apple acted reasonably in requiring actors on its set to be vaccinated On March 1, 2022, Apple Studios conditionally offered Brent Sexton a $595,000-plus contract to play President Andrew Johnson, Abraham Lincoln’s successor, in “Manhunt,” a limited series about the pursuit of Lincoln’s assassin, John Wilkes Booth. That was during the COVID-19 pandemic. The offer was conditioned on Sexton being fully vaccinated. Sexton sought a medical exemption from the vaccine mandate based on his history of of blood clotting. He claimed the vaccine would increase the risk of blood clots.
Click here to read the full article written by SCMV Shareholder Dan Eaton and published in The San Diego Union-Tribune.