LOS ANGELES (AP) — Disgraced movie mogul Harvey Weinstein’s membership in the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has been revoked by its board.
The decision was reached Saturday in an emergency session. It comes after recent reports by The New York Times and The New Yorker that revealed sexual harassment and rape allegations against Weinstein going back decades. The move by the Academy is virtually unprecedented.
The Academy is the world’s top movie organization and is home to the Oscars.
In a brief statement, the Academy said it sends a message that “sexually predatory behavior” in the film industry is over.
Weinstein was ousted a week ago from The Weinstein Co., the movie and TV production company he co-founded and which now is struggling to survive this scandal.
He has denied the accusations.
Gee, no one knew about this before last week? Give me a break.The country elected a predator as President.
One down, how untold many more to go?
Thank Dog sexual exploitation is finally over in the film business.
Well, maybe there will be a tiny sliver of accountability that might cause a couple of folks to think twice about what they’re about to do. But just as likely, it’ll spur their efforts to cover their tracks better. Like Dotard’s secrecy clauses…
God bye and good riddance. Hope you like living in Europe and they can stomach you.
One step for Woman; one giant leap for Mankind. Like the 13 Amendment, you take what progress you can and build on it no matter how long it takes. It’s time to press for ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment again. Why did we let the Republicans stop us?
Today’s women (and the men who work, live and protest together with them) are ready for the call. Is there a young Democratic leader in the making willing to hoist the banner and make the commitment to not stop till we succeed this time? I’m sick of our older leadership conceding instead of insisting. Why didn’t Hillary do this? What was she afraid of?