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Updated at 5:39 p.m., Saturday, April 25, 2009

'Lost' actor faces sex-harassment claim

Associated Press

LOS ANGELES — A woman is suing ABC and "Lost" actor Henry Ian Cusick, claiming she was sexually harassed and then fired from the hit show that is filmed in Hawaii.

The production worker filed the lawsuit Friday, alleging Cusick, who plays Desmond Hume on the show, fondled her buttocks and breasts and kissed her on the lips in October 2007. The suit claims she reported the incident to her supervisor, but was simply told to avoid the actor. She states she was fired 12 days later in retaliation for reporting the alleged abuse.

The filing states the woman worked for ABC since 1997. She claims she suffered physical sickness, emotional distress and a miscarriage after the incident.

Messages left for an ABC spokesman and Cusick's manager were not immediately returned.

Hawaii-based Grass Skirt Productions LLC is also named in the lawsuit.