By BRIAN MARKS FOR DAILYMAIL.COM

Published: 01:40 BST, 10 April 2025 | Updated: 01:40 BST, 10 April 2025

James Toback, the disgraced filmmaker who was accused of sexually assaulting dozens of women at the height of the #MeToo movement, has been ordered to pay more than a billion dollars after a sexual assault trial in New York City.

A jury ordered that the 80-year-old writer and director pay $1.68 billion after 40 women joined together to accuse him in court of sexual assault, false imprisonment, coercion and psychological abuse.

Earlier in the case, Toback denied each of the women’s allegations and claimed that any sexual activity between them had been consensual.

James Toback, the disgraced filmmaker who was accused of sexually assaulting dozens of women at the height of the #MeToo movement, has been ordered to pay more than a billion dollars after a sexual assault trial in New York City; pictured in 2013 in NYC

James Toback, the disgraced filmmaker who was accused of sexually assaulting dozens of women at the height of the #MeToo movement, has been ordered to pay more than a billion dollars after a sexual assault trial in New York City; pictured in 2013 in NYC

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