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Stuntman Sues SAG On Privacy Invasion Claim

POSTED: 3:02 pm PST December 20, 2007
UPDATED: 3:52 pm PST December 20, 2007

A former stuntman who has doubled for Tom Hanks and Jack Nicholson sued the Screen Actors Guild for allegedly giving Department of Homeland Security officials private information about him and his wife. His wife was suing the agency for sexual harassment, according to court papers obtained Thursday.

B.J. Davis filed the suit Monday in Los Angeles Superior Court, alleging invasion of privacy, intentional infliction of emotional distress and breach of fiduciary duty.

Davis, 55, is seeking unspecified compensatory and punitive damages.

A SAG representative was not immediately available for comment.

According to the suit, SAG gave the Department of Homeland Security the confidential information in retaliation for his work lobbying for better working conditions for stunt performers.

The DHS sought the information, including life insurance coverage and credit card data, in connection with a sexual harassment lawsuit Davis' wife, Julia, filed against her supervisor, the suit states.

Julia Davis, a former DHS customs and border protection officer and a co-plaintiff in her husband's lawsuit, had also tried to warn top agency officials to stop alleged terrorists from coming into the United States via Mexico, the suit states.

A judge eventually ruled DHS acted illegally and subjected her to unnecessary harassment, and awarded her $225,000, the suit states.

In addition to doubling for Hanks and Nicholson, B.J. Davis has also has doubled for Tommy Lee Jones, Michael Caine and Art Carney, according to the Internet Movie Database.

In recent years, Davis has worked as a producer and director, the suit states.

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