Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen to Pay Up to $140,000 to Interns in Class-Action Lawsuit Settlement#CEfY

Mary-Kate Olsen and Ashley Olsen have settled a class-action lawsuit interns brought against them and have agreed to pay out up to $140,000. In 2015, about 40 present and past interns for Dualstar Entertainment Group, which released the Olsens film New York Minute and other movies and also provides their fashion apparel, brought a class-action lawsuit against the company at a New York Supreme Court. Under the terms of the lawsuits settlement, the Olsen twins company has agreed to pay every claimant who applies and qualifies for compensation $530, according to a preliminary statement released last week. A leading plaintiff in the lawsuit, a former design intern and Parsons School of Design grad, had claimed that in 2012, she was doing the work of three interns. She said she was talking to her boss all day, all night. E-mails at nighttime for the next day, like 10 p.m. at night. The Olsen twins company said at the time that the allegations in the lawsuit were groundless and that the group was committed to treating all individuals fairly and in accordance with all applicable laws.