Jury Awards $1.68 Billion to Women Who Accused Director James Toback of Sexual Abuse

A New York jury has awarded James Toback’s accusers a sizable sum.

The Two Girls and a Guy director was ordered to pay $1.68 billion to 40 women who accused him of sexual assault between 1979 and 2014, according to the plaintiffs’ lawyers.

The April 9 judgment, which has not been made available by the court, included $280 million in compensatory damages and $1.4 billion in punitive damages, attorney Brad Beckworth said in a release obtained by E! News.

“This verdict is about justice,” he emphasized. “But more importantly, it’s about taking power back from the abusers—and their and enablers—and returning it to those he tried to control and silence.”

Beckworth, who in an interview described the jury’s judgement as among the largest in New York state history, added that he was “very proud” of his clients’ “brutally honest” testimony, calling it “empowering—for them and for all women.”