Head of Amazon Studios resigns after sex harassment charge
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Left: Roy Price, head of Amazon Studios, participated in the “Hand of God” panel, in Aug. 2015, at the Amazon Summer TCA Tour at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, Calif. Amazon Studios says it has accepted the resignation of Price, following sexual harassment allegations made by a producer on the Amazon series “Man in the High Castle.” Right: Producer Isa Dick Hackett attended “The Man in the High Castle” photo call, in Aug. 2015, at the Amazon Summer TCA Tour at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, Calif.
NEW YORK >> Amazon Studios says it has accepted the resignation of its top executive, Roy Price, following sexual harassment allegations made by a producer on the Amazon series “Man in the High Castle.”
Price was put on leave last week and had not been expected to return. An Amazon spokesman confirmed the resignation today and had no additional comment.
The accusations against Price came in the wake of the Harvey Weinstein scandal that is roiling Hollywood. Producer Isa Hackett charged in an account published in The Hollywood Reporter that Price had repeatedly and crudely propositioned her following a 2015 event in San Diego.
