Entertainment & Sports
Dec. 27, 2017
Year in Review: Hollywood harassment allegations
Allegations of misconduct have dominated the back end of 2017 in entertainment law.
David Boies, chairman of Boies, Schiller & Flexner LLP, apologized after a magazine account revealed his role in a spying venture intended to undermine accusers of Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein.
LOS ANGELES — It’s been a tumultuous year in Hollywood, and the attorneys tasked with defending high-profile clients accused of harassment or assault are likely wiser for it.
The floodgates opened in October, when numerous allegations of sexual assault surfaced against film producer Harvey Weinstein. It wasn’t long before others — Kevin Spacey, Dustin Hoffman, and Louis C.K. — found themselves in the undesirable spotlight.
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