Professor Jose Angel Santana took court action last year against New York University (Nyu), alleging he was unfairly dismissed from his job after giving the "127 Hours" star a 'D' grade for cutting class, reported New York Post.
Now he has lodged papers at Manhattan Supreme Court against the actor himself, demanding unspecified damages following comments Franco made in April about his time at the university.
"I didn't deserve to be on the receiving end of those falsehoods. I was outraged that someone with his attendance record at Nyu had the audacity to make those statements," Santana said.
Franco allegedly missed 12 of Santana's 14 filmmaking classes during his time studying at the university, but the actor says Santana is wrong to assert he was fired from the institution for giving him a low grade.
