Valerie Harper is being sued because she has cancer.
Gawker has reported that the playwright and producers of a Broadway show are demanding $2 million from their former lead actress.
The New York Daily News reports that her husband, Tony Cacciotto, is also being sued because the two "were both aware" that Valerie Harper was diagnosed with lung cancer in 2009.
The Huffington Post claims that both the playwright and producers are claiming that information of Valerie Harper's cancer was not disclosed until after she had signed onto the play.
The New York Post has reported that "Looped" lasted for 27 previews and 25 performances at the Lyceum Theater in 2010.
The show was reportedly set to go on national tour for a year when Valerie Harper's health began to deteriorate.
The 74-year-old actress told the New Yorker, "The side of my face started to feel kind of numb. I was slurring my speech."
Harper was reportedly diagnosed with leptomeningeal carcinomatosis, a fatal brain cancer, and was given only several months to live.
Matthew Lombardo, playwright of "Looped," had initially approached actress Tovah Feldshuh about playing the role of Tallulah Bankhead to tour the show, but agreed to cast Harper instead because she had played the part in previous productions.
Harper had reportedly sued first because the production had refused to pay out the rest of her contract after her cancer diagnosis.
Lombardo and the show's producers are claiming that they've suffered poor ticket sales, despite Stefanie Powers stepping in for the role. Feldshuh was reportedly no longer available for the play.
The playwright and producers of "Looped" are asking for $500,000, the amount it took to hire the new actress, along with another $1.5 million in punitive damages.
In the midst of the lawsuit, Valerie Harper has had to shut down rumors that she is now cancer-free.
She reportedly told Us Weekly, "In response to a recent erroneous quote concerning my health, I am not 'absolutely cancer-free.' I wish I were. Right now what I am is cautiously optimistic about my present condition and I have hope for the future."
