HCA Sues Critics Choice Association for Defamation

Lawsuit comes after CCA accused the Hollywood Creative Alliance of influence peddling and forbade members from belonging to both groups

A group of people of varying ethnicities stand on stage. Text on the screen behind them reads "29th ANNUAL CRITICS CHOICE AWARDS."
Christopher Nolan and the team behind "Oppenheimer" on stage at the Critics Choice Awards (Credit: Kevin Winter/Getty Images)

The Hollywood Creative Alliance has filed a defamation lawsuit against the Critics Choice Association stemming from CCA’s new ban on its members belonging to both organizations.

In court documents filed Tuesday in Los Angeles, the HCA claimed the CCA made an “attempt to boycott and steal members of the HCA.”

Trouble between the organizations began the week after the 2024 Critics Choice Awards, when CCA accused HCA of influence peddling — specifically, of telling studios and the representatives of certain nominees that it had several members who were also members of the Critics Choice Association.

CCA at that time informed members that in order to remain part of the organization in good standing, they must resign from HCA.

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