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Disney’s Benedict Cumberbatch could face reparations legal battle

By Heather Hamilton
Published January 3, 2023 3:12pm ET
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Disney’s Benedict Cumberbatch could face reparations legal battle
Benedict Cumberbatch arrives at the Los Angeles premiere of "Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness," on Monday, May 2, 2022 at El Capitan Theatre. | (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP Images)


Disney and Marvel star Benedict Cumberbatch is under investigation in Barbados for historical links to slavery at a sugar plantation in the small island nation.

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