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- Back to the Future actor Crispin Glover, 61, is facing a civil lawsuit filed by a British former model (Jane Doe) alleging battery, fraud, wrongful eviction, and grooming claims after she says he lured her to his Los Angeles home under false pretenses.
- The lawsuit alleges Glover isolated Doe, tracked her movements, physically attacked her in a headlock, and filed a false police report branding her an “unlawful intruder.”
- Glover’s legal team denies all allegations, insisting he was the victim and calling the suit a “meritless fabrication.”
Crispin Glover is not going quietly. The Back to the Future and Charlie’s Angels: Full Throttle actor is pushing back against a newly filed civil lawsuit that accuses him of some genuinely disturbing behavior — and his legal team is coming out swinging.
The complaint, filed Wednesday in Los Angeles County Superior Court, was brought by a woman identified only as Jane Doe, a former model originally from the United Kingdom who lives with autism spectrum disorder. She alleges that Glover, 61, “lured” her to his Silver Lake home in early 2024 under the guise of a job offer, only for her to discover she was expected to work for free and function as his live-in girlfriend. The suit accuses Glover of battery, fraud, wrongful eviction, malicious prosecution, intentional infliction of emotional distress, and violations of the Bane Act — California’s civil rights law.
According to the complaint, Doe first connected with Glover on social media back in 2015, and he reportedly messaged her persistently for years. When the two finally met in person in 2023 in Dresden, Germany, she alleges he showed her Nazi memorabilia from his personal collection. Despite the red flags, she stayed in contact because he dangled the promise of Hollywood opportunities — a tactic that the suit frames as part of a long pattern of grooming claims.
Once Doe arrived in Los Angeles, the complaint paints a picture of near-total isolation. She was “essentially at Mr. Glover’s whims,” having sold her belongings and given up her European apartment at his encouragement. The suit alleges he tracked her whereabouts, controlled who she spent time with, and discouraged her from leaving the home.
Things allegedly came to a head on March 2, 2024. Doe, who is Muslim, told Glover she was leaving to attend a mosque. He reportedly told her she’d be locked out if she went. She went anyway. When she returned and tried to get back inside to retrieve her cats and belongings, the lawsuit alleges Glover “attacked her, grabbing her neck and choking her in a headlock, leaving a visible wound and scar on her neck.” The complaint includes photographs of the described injuries.
Glover’s camp tells an entirely different story. His legal representative said in a statement: “The reality is that on March 2, 2024, Mr. Glover was the victim of an unprovoked felony assault by Jane Doe at his Los Angeles residence. Mr. Glover called LAPD, which came to the scene, investigated, and arrested Jane Doe. These facts are documented by law enforcement records and by the restraining order filed by Mr. Glover against Jane Doe at that time.”
Law enforcement sources told TMZ that officers did respond to an assault report at Glover’s home that day — though sources indicated no arrests were made at the scene, a detail that sits in tension with his team’s version of events.
The model’s lawsuit further alleges that once Glover filed a restraining order against her, it caused “permanent damage” to her career and reputation. She also claims he continued reaching out afterward, “renewing his efforts to manipulate her into a sexual relationship with him.” As of the filing, the suit states that “Jane Doe is still homeless and emotionally scarred from the traumatic events with Mr. Glover.”
Glover denies all of it. His representative put it plainly: “Mr. Glover denies these baseless allegations in the strongest possible terms.” The statement went further: “Mr. Glover intends to vigorously defend himself and pursue all available relief. He is confident the judicial process will expose this lawsuit as a meritless fabrication.”
Doe is seeking unspecified general, special, punitive, and exemplary damages, plus attorney’s fees, and has requested a jury trial. She is represented by Dev Das of the high-profile Geragos & Geragos law firm.
Glover remains best known for playing the lovably awkward George McFly in the Back to the Future trilogy, and has built an eclectic career through films like River’s Edge, What’s Eating Gilbert Grape, Wild at Heart, and the TV series American Gods. Whatever the court ultimately decides, the allegations — and the battle over who’s telling the truth — are going to follow him for a long time.
