Amazon Studios boss resigns over Weinstein

Amazon Studios chief Roy Price has resigned after reports that he harassed a producer and ignored an actress' allegation of sexual assault.

Roy Price speaks during the opening of the Munich Media Days.

Amazon Studios chief Roy Price has resigned after reports that he harassed a producer. (AAP)

Amazon Studios boss Roy Price has resigned from his role after becoming embroiled in the string of sexual allegations that have emerged against Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein.

The company's head of video content was recently put on "indefinite leave" after he was accused of ignoring actress Rose McGowan's claims that Weinstein raped her.

According to trade magazine The Hollywood Reporter, he has also been accused of sexually harassing Isa Hackett, the producer of Amazon show The Man In The High Castle.

On Tuesday, a representative for Price confirmed that he had decided to step down.

His move comes days after Amazon's senior VP of business development, Jeff Blackburn, sent a memo to employees saying that the company did not tolerate harassment or abuse.

Hackett alleged in The Hollywood Reporter that Price repeatedly propositioned her on the way to, and during, an Amazon party at Comic Con in San Diego in 2015.

Hackett told the magazine she made clear to Price she was not interested and told him that she is a lesbian with a wife and children.

Earlier on, McGowan - one of the first women to accuse Weinstein of sexual harassment - wrote: "HW raped me" in a series of tweets to Amazon chief executive and founder Jeff Bezos.

She posted: "I told the head of your studio that HW raped me. Over & over I said it. He said it hadn't been proven. I said I was the proof."

Weinstein has "unequivocally" denied any allegations of non-consensual sex through his representative.


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Published 18 October 2017 9:38am
Source: AAP


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