In 10 short days, Harvey Weinstein has been fired from his company and denounced by many of the celebrities he helped launch to stardom…
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In 10 short days, Harvey Weinstein has been fired from his company and denounced by many of the celebrities he helped launch to stardom. On Saturday, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences could deliver another blow when it meets to decide whether to boot him from its ranks.
The academy’s 54-member board of governors will hold an emergency meeting after reports in the New York Times and the New Yorker that the film producer sexually assaulted or harassed multiple actresses, models and former employees.
Under academy bylaws, the board — of which nearly half are women — could vote to suspend or expel Weinstein.
In a statement issued earlier this week, the board called the allegations «repugnant, abhorrent, and antithetical to the high standards of the Academy and the creative community it represents.»
Suspending Weinstein wouldn’t be unprecedented — but the move is rare. In 2004, the Academy kicked out actor Carmen Caridi, who shared a screener with an acquaintance who put the film on the Internet.
If Weinstein is booted, the Academy may be forced to take a closer look at some of its other members. Bill Cosby, for example, is facing a retrial on three counts of aggravated assault. Several women have accused him of drugging and raping them over a span of decades. And director Roman Polanski fled the country to avoid jail time for drugging and raping a 13-year-old girl in 1977.
