{"id":631366,"date":"2026-05-08T18:15:10","date_gmt":"2026-05-08T18:15:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/631366\/"},"modified":"2026-05-08T18:15:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-08T18:15:10","slug":"blacklist-actress-adele-heather-taylor-settles-abuse-lawsuit-with-roberto-orci-estate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/631366\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Blacklist&#8217; Actress Adele Heather Taylor Settles Abuse Lawsuit With Roberto Orc\u00ed Estate"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>                          &#8216;Blacklist&#8217; Adele Heather Taylor<br \/>\n                          Ends Sexual Assault War Over Late Husband Roberto Orc\u00ed<\/p>\n<p>\n                                                                        Published<br \/>\n                              May 8, 2026<br \/>\n                            9:15 AM PDT<br \/>\n                                                                      |<br \/>\n                                                                Updated<br \/>\n                                  May 8, 2026<br \/>\n                                9:50 AM PDT\n                                    <\/p>\n<p>                  <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20260508_d822c3d70872449e8e875939609ce6d8\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:5a83ecd3-5807-47fc-aefa-3c219f06874e\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<p>                          <img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/d822c3d70872449e8e875939609ce6d8_md.jpg\" alt=\"Roberto Orci\u0301 and Adele Heather Taylor Getty 1\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                  <\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Blacklist&#8217; actress <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/adele-heather-taylor\/\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Adele Heather Taylor<\/a> and the estate of her late estranged husband, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/roberto-orci\/\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Roberto Orc\u00ed<\/a>, are officially calling a truce in their explosive legal war &#8230; because the NBC star has settled her sexual assault lawsuit against the late &#8220;Star Trek&#8221; screenwriter&#8217;s estate.<\/p>\n<p>According to new court docs, obtained by TMZ &#8230; attorneys for Orc\u00ed&#8217;s estate filed a notice of settlement Wednesday in court &#8230; signaling the entire case has been resolved before it ever reached trial. The filing notes the settlement is conditional &#8212; dismissal of the case is expected by the end of the year once certain terms are satisfied.<\/p>\n<p>                  <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20260508_85d4f7b1b577423ca806d577984b858f\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:5a83ecd3-5807-47fc-aefa-3c219f06874e\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<p>                          <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/85d4f7b1b577423ca806d577984b858f_md.jpg\" alt=\"Roberto Orci\u0301 and Adele Heather Taylor Getty 3\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                  <\/a><\/p>\n<p>As we previously reported &#8230; Adele <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2024\/08\/27\/blacklist-adele-heather-taylor-countersues-roberto-orci\/\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">countersued<\/a> Orci for at least $17M after he accused her of domestic violence in a lawsuit filed before his death in February 2025. Adele claimed she was actually the victim throughout their relationship &#8230; accusing Orc\u00ed of sexual assault, physical abuse, violent threats, and emotional torment.<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"continued\" class=\"continued-anchor\"\/><\/p>\n<p>She alleged the abuse escalated over the years, claiming the &#8220;Transformers&#8221; and &#8220;Star Trek&#8221; writer slapped her repeatedly in a NYC cab, sexually assaulted her on multiple occasions, and once threw her belongings &#8212; along with her blind-and-deaf dog Nigel &#8212; out of a car during a violent confrontation.<\/p>\n<p>                  <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20260508_71da2620833a40e58228d0a7bffb47a7\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:5a83ecd3-5807-47fc-aefa-3c219f06874e\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<p>                          <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/71da2620833a40e58228d0a7bffb47a7_md.jpg\" alt=\"Roberto Orci\u0301 and Adele Heather Taylor Getty 2\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                  <\/a><\/p>\n<p>Orc\u00ed&#8217;s camp fiercely denied the allegations at the time, calling Adele\u2019s claims &#8220;fabricated&#8221; and accusing her of physically attacking the screenwriter while he struggled with alcoholism.<\/p>\n<p>The settlement filing does not disclose any financial terms or other details of the agreement.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#8216;Blacklist&#8217; Adele Heather Taylor Ends Sexual Assault War Over Late Husband Roberto Orc\u00ed Published May 8, 2026 9:15&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":631367,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[57],"tags":[236,88],"class_list":["post-631366","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-celebrities","tag-entertainment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/631366","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=631366"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/631366\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/631367"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=631366"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=631366"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=631366"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}