Johnson was fired by Spelling-Goldberg Productions after complaining about cocaine abuse by stuntman
Bobby Bass and others on the set of Charlie's Angels. She and
Jean Coulter were almost killed during one stunt where they were passengers in a vehicle and Bass was the driver. At one point, he sped up where he should have slowed down and both women were injured. Bass later testified in a wrongful termination suit Johnson brought against Spelling-Goldberg in 1987. He swore under oath that he had not used cocaine that day, but Johnson won the suit and was awarded $1.1 million. Johnson later said in the documentary
Stuntwomen: The Untold Hollywood Story (2020) that she "never saw a dime" from the settlement.
