Roy Price resigned as the head of Amazon Studios on Tuesday after an allegation that he had sexually harassed a television producer working on one of his shows.
The #MeToo movement has encouraged women to openly discuss and seek redress for decades of sexual harassment and misconduct. Many powerful men have lost jobs when their behavior came to light in the wake of these discussions.
Price said he made a crack that the two should date, saying, “‘At least it would create some publicity for the show.’”However, he stressed, “I did not say, ‘You’ll love my dick,’ nor did I make any kind of proposition whatsoever, lewd or otherwise. “If any of those things were true 100%, I would have been fired for sure, because there’s a zero tolerance policy at Amazon,” he said.After the investigation, Price said he was instructed not to reach out to or apologize to Hackett and to minimize meetings with her and to not attend any of her show’s events.
Many who knew and worked with Price have declined to go on the record because they either signed nondisclosure agreements with Amazon or still do business with the studio. They said that although they found the behavior attributed to him inappropriate, they were troubled by his treatment. In 2004, Price moved to Seattle, launching what became known as Amazon Video on Demand in 2008. By 2010, he had founded Amazon Studios.
“He was just awkward, like he didn’t fit in,” said Bob Berney, former head of marketing and distribution at Amazon Studios. “He was probably easily misunderstood. It was hard to find out who he was. At a town hall, he’d make a joke and maybe no one got it.”
StacyPerman Honestly, why was any time and effort spent writing this?
StacyPerman Maybe he should stay silent, cause this article doesn’t do him any favors.
StacyPerman ew why are you giving him a platform?
StacyPerman Uhm.... no one cares?
StacyPerman This article is awful altogether but this part is bad. When your parents and grandpa are in show biz and you go to Harvard really curious how one is considered to blaze their own path. He went from being born on 3rd base to home. Get real.
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