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Jun 8, 2021 · George, played by Jorg Halaby in the movie 'Erin Brockovich,' was a real person whom Erin dated briefly in the 1990s. He helped her find a job and a lawyer, but also tried to extort her in 2000 and disappeared from the public eye.
Jan 26, 2024 · Erin Brockovich met Jorg Halaby, a biker and bar owner, in a California bar and he helped her with her case against PG&E. They broke up soon after, but he tried to extort her and was arrested for it.
- The PG&E Lawsuit
- Real Life vs Reel Life
- Erin Brockovich Testified For Ed Masry in A 2002 Sexual Harassment Lawsuit
The class-action lawsuit against Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) settled in 1996 for $333 million, which was a record-breaking out of court settlement at the time. The company had dumped 370 million gallons of wastewater contaminated with hexavalent chromium into unlined ponds around the town of Hinkley, California. The ponds were then cove...
In the film, Erin meets George because he’s revving his motorcycle engine outside of her house in California. She’s angry and informs him that she’s a broke single mom who’s been married twice when he tries to flirt with her. The next time she sees him in the film he’s taking care of her kids because her babysitter dropped them off early while Erin...
Two years after the movie’s success and the extortion plot, Ed Masry was brought to court over sexualharassment allegations brought by Kissandra Cohen. Erin Brokovich testified in court that Ed Masry had “been nothing but a perfect gentleman to others.” Kissandra Cohen’s lawyer argued that Erin was trying to protect the man who helped her gain fame...
Apr 8, 2021 · You can catch the trailer below. Brockovich's ex-boyfriend Jorg Halaby, who is the inspiration for the rough diamond biker George played by Aaron Eckhart in the film, was part of the extortion attempt on her along with her first husband Shawn Brown.
Sep 3, 2020 · George and I, right at the time the film came out, weren’t together. George had a brain tumor and there were a lot of things going on that I don’t think a lot of us understood.
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- Hunter Harris
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In the movie “Erin Brockovich,” the character of George, played by Aaron Eckhart, is based on Erin Brockovich-Ellis’s real-life Mexican-American biker boyfriend named Jorge. While the movie portrays their relationship as ending, Jorge did not completely leave Erin’s life.
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Erin Brockovich (née Pattee; born June 22, 1960) is an American paralegal, consumer advocate, and environmental activist who was instrumental in building a case against Pacific Gas & Electric Company (PG&E) involving groundwater contamination in Hinkley, California for attorney Ed Masry in 1993.
