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PRESS COVERAGE:
SEXUAL HARASSMENT & BULLYING IN THE INDUSTRY
March 2021 - June 2022: Entertainment Industry Abuse
#MeToo was really just words here in the UK and nothing of much note changed. Women (mostly) were/are still being abused, bullied and sexually harassed and assaulted at work and the fear of losing their job still prevents them from reporting to the production companies and/or upper management. On many productions, there is no upper management or person to take overall accountability. We NEED an independent regulatory body.
On 13th March 2021, I put out a (since updated) tweet in desperation at the levels of abuse I knew about in the entertainment industry and wanted to do something. Anything. I needed to gather information to highlight how endemic the problem really is in the UK and get it highlighted to try and make some systemic changes.
I didn't expect the sheer volume of emails and private messages that have been (and continue to be) sent to me.
It is now June 2022 and I still have over 500 emails to process, record and respond to after finding a whole load that hadn't been downloaded from the server.
I am in contact with 19 investigative journalists and am linking up and connecting with other brilliant people who also want to make huge changes. I had to take time out from dealing with the emails to set myself up with some therapy due to the sheer volume of sexual abuse and rape I now know about and can't do anything about in the immediate term. Some of the things I'm reading are utterly appalling.
Since June 2021, I have been attending meetings at the Government's Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) Roundtable to help inform a plan of action to set up an independent standards authority for the industry, going forward.
Some press coverage is noted below:
October 22nd 2021
Stage piece by Matt Hemley. Link is here.
September 2nd 2021
BBC piece by Chi Chi Izundu. Link is here.
July 26th 2021
BBC piece by Chi Chi Izundu. Link is here.
July 6th 2021
BBC piece by Helen Clifton and Livvy Haydock. Link is here.
Link to radio programme, featuring yours truly, is here.
June 30th 2021
Broadcast piece by Max Goldbart. Link is here.
June 7th 2021
The Telegraph piece by Katherine Rushton and Claire Newell. Link is here. PDF is here.
June 7th 2021
Deadline piece by Tom Grater. Link is here.
May 31st 2021
The New York Post covered this. They quoted me as having talked to The Sun - I didn't, I spoke to the Telegraph! Link is here.
May 29th 2021
BBC coverage. Link is here.
May 29th 2021
Deadline piece by Jake Kanter. Link is here.
May 29th 2021
Variety piece by Manori Ravindran. Link is here.
May 28th 2021
Hollywood Report piece by Trilby Beresford. Link is here.
May 28th 2021
Channel 4 News. Link is here.
April 30th 2021
Hollywood Reporter piece by Etan Vlessing & Alex Ritman. Link is here.
April 29th 2021
Sirin Kale and Lucy Osborne wrote an exceptionally detailed and well-researched piece in the Guardian about Noel Clarke and the accusations against him. This piece, I believe has led to more people coming forward with their stories. The link is here.
April 9th 2021
The fabulous Rebecca Ferguson was interviewed by Nicola Thorp for The Metro about bad practice and abuse in the music industry. Rebecca and I have had a Zoom meeting and plan to work together where possible to make things better for the entertainment industry and bring in accountability. The link is here.
