Reese Witherspoon Sued by Writer Who Claims ‘Gone Girl’ Was a Rip-Off

Reese Witherspoon has been named as a defendant in a lawsuit by a writer who says that the book and movie “Gone Girl” ripped off her own work.

In addition to Witherspoon, who served as a producer on the film, the suit also names “Gone Girl” author Gillian Flynn, director David Fincher, 20th Century Fox Film Corporation and other defendants.

In the suit, filed in federal court in Illinois on Wednesday, Leslie Weller says that she first filed a registration for her work “Out of the Blue” with the U.S. Copyright Office in 2006 and later emailed a copy of it to a script consultant.