Report: PR firm dumps Hilary Swank

The actress and her former reps at 42West reportedly disagreed over how to handle a recent PR firestorm involving Swank.

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What would it take for your firm to dump a high-profile client?

If she accepted money to appear at a birthday fete for an alleged human rights violator and then afterwards canned everyone in sight—would that do it?

Well, by golly, this very thing happened to two-time Academy Award winning actress Hilary Swank and her PR firm 42West. According to an exclusive report from Entertainment Weekly, the firm dumped Swank.

“The publicity firm parted ways with Swank over a disagreement on how best to deal with the fallout from the Oct. 5 event,” EW reported.

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