"Yellowstone" actress Q'orianka Kilcher's Comp Fraud Case Dismissed

Los Angeles,CA ( WorkCompAcademy) - The Los Angeles County District Attorney’s office has dismissed all insurance fraud charges against "Yellowstone" actress Q'orianka Kilcher.

A spokesperson for the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office said in a statement Friday, "Today, the judge dismissed the case against Q'Orianka Kilcher. After the charges were filed, the Workers Compensation Insurance claims adjuster retroactively changed his conclusion regarding her ability to work. We therefore determined that Ms. Kilcher did not commit insurance fraud and advised the court that we were unable to proceed."

Kilcher's lawyers added, "We are pleased that after re-evaluating this case, the District Attorney has decided to dismiss the charges against Ms. Kilcher. The decision is a true victory, and while we are gratified that Ms. Kilcher's innocence has been vindicated, the truth is that the California Department of Insurance should never have brought this case, and Ms. Kilcher should never have been subjected to this ordeal. Having been cleared, Ms. Kilcher is excited to move forward and devote her attention to her flourishing career."

Q’Orianka Kilcher, who lives in North Hollywood, had been charged with two felony counts of workers’ compensation insurance fraud.

According to the initial report published by the California Department of insurance, while acting in the movie "Dora and the Lost City of Gold," Kilcher allegedly injured her neck and right shoulder In October 2018. She saw a doctor a few times that year, but stopped treatment and did not respond to the insurance company handling her claim on behalf of her employer.

A year later, in October 2019, Kilcher contacted the insurance company saying she needed treatment. Kilcher told the doctor handling her claim that she had been offered work since her injury occurred but had been unable to accept it because her neck pain was too severe.

However an investigation found Kilcher had worked as an actress on the television show "Yellowstone" from July 2019 to October 2019, despite her statements to the doctor that she had been unable to work for a year.

Next, Attorney Camille Vasquez found her next Hollywood client. She became a household name while successfully defending Johnny Depp in his defamation trial against ex-wife Amber Heard last June. According to the report in the New York Post, she signed on to represent Kilcher in her California Worker’s Compensation fraud case.

She said she was "determined to defend" Kilcher who - ironically - plays attorney Angela Blue Thunder on the hit Paramount streaming series.Vasquez will take on the case alongside attorney Steve Cook, another partner at her firm, Brown Rudnick.

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