Motion Picture Academy Finds No Merit to Accusations Against Its President
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Motion Picture Academy Finds No Merit to Accusations Against Its President
In a statement released after its regularly scheduled board meeting, the academy said
that an internal investigation into allegations levied against John Bailey, who was elected as president of the group in August, had determined that “no further action was merited.”
Mr. Bailey, a cinematographer with credits ranging from “Ordinary People” in 1980 to “How to Be a Latin Lover” last year, had no immediate comment.
By BROOKS BARNESMARCH 28, 2018
LOS ANGELES — The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences concluded on Tuesday
that an allegation of sexual harassment against its president had no merit, in the first test of new guidelines that the powerful Hollywood industry group enacted after a wave of accusations of inappropriate behavior rocked the entertainment industry.
But the academy voted in October to oust Harvey Weinstein, the Hollywood producer who became a public symbol of pervasive
sexual harassment in the movie industry after dozens of women accused him of sexual harassment and other misconduct.
The investigation focused on a claim submitted on March 13 by a woman who said Mr. Bailey, 75, attempted
to touch her inappropriately while riding in a van on a movie set roughly a decade ago.
In a statement released after its regularly scheduled board meeting, the academy said
that an internal investigation into allegations levied against John Bailey, who was elected as president of the group in August, had determined that “no further action was merited.”
Mr. Bailey, a cinematographer with credits ranging from “Ordinary People” in 1980 to “How to Be a Latin Lover” last year, had no immediate comment.
By BROOKS BARNESMARCH 28, 2018
LOS ANGELES — The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences concluded on Tuesday
that an allegation of sexual harassment against its president had no merit, in the first test of new guidelines that the powerful Hollywood industry group enacted after a wave of accusations of inappropriate behavior rocked the entertainment industry.
But the academy voted in October to oust Harvey Weinstein, the Hollywood producer who became a public symbol of pervasive
sexual harassment in the movie industry after dozens of women accused him of sexual harassment and other misconduct.
The investigation focused on a claim submitted on March 13 by a woman who said Mr. Bailey, 75, attempted
to touch her inappropriately while riding in a van on a movie set roughly a decade ago.