SEXUAL abuse is continuing in the movie business, says a British actress embroiled in scandals which toppled two studio heads.
Warner Brothers’ Kevin Tsujihara and NBC Universal’s Ron Meyer lost their jobs in 2019 after relationships with Charlotte Kirk, 31.
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The Reckoning star said powerful “sadists” in the industry still used the casting couch “because they can’t f***ing help themselves”.
She told a podcast, she said: “I know so many people this s*** has happened to after #MeToo.
“They say they want to help you but they don’t.
“They don’t want you to succeed because then you have a voice and you will out them.”
Kirk, born in Kent, has featured in Ocean’s Eight and The Lair.
US movie mogul Harvey Weinstein was jailed 23 years in prison as a result of charges brought against him after the MeToo scandal began.
After his conviction in 2020, he appealed the decision, but the New York appeals court upheld the court’s initial ruling.
His conviction stems from several sexual abuse allegations over the years and comes after Weinstein and his former studio’s board reached a $19million settlement with many of his accusers.