Ricky Gervais
He responds to allegations against “After Life” producers
Ricky Gervais worked with the film producer Charlie Hanson for many years.
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The film producer Charlie Hanson is accused of sexual harassment by eleven women. Now Ricky Gervais is responding to the allegations.
In the past few days, allegations of the sexual harassment of numerous women against the film producer Charlie Hanson have been loud. As a result, he was fired from his work on the Netflix series “After Life”, among other things. Actor and comedian Ricky Gervais (59), who plays the lead role in the series and had already worked on several projects with Hanson, is now responding to the allegations. He was “shocked and horrified,” it said in a statement, which is available from the industry magazine “Variety”.
Gervais is further quoted as saying, “It was decided to immediately release him from production and I am sure this matter will be handled carefully.” In addition to “After Life”, Hanson also produced the BBC and HBO series “Extras” (2005-2007), which Gervais wrote and filmed with “The Office” screenwriter Stephen Merchant (46). Hanson also worked as a producer for the duo’s film “Cemetry Junction” (2010) and the series “Life’s Too Short” (2011) and “Derek” (2012).
Eleven women accuse film producer Charlie Hanson
Received in the past week according to the report of the “New York Times” Both Netflix and the BAFTA film academy received anonymous letters alleging allegations against the film producer. In it, eleven women reported in detail about sexual misconduct that they experienced through Hanson between 2008 and 2015. Netflix later confirmed that Hanson would no longer produce the series “After Life”.
“Although the allegations are not related to the time he was working on the show, we immediately removed him from production and passed the matter on to the police,” said an official statement from the streaming service. BAFTA has also terminated its membership in the academy, according to an official statement.
Hanson dismisses allegations
In a statement by his attorney, which is available, among other things, to “Variety”, Hanson said: “I was informed of the allegations of sexual misconduct against women from many years ago. Based on the summaries I have received, I recognize that many of these allegations were made anonymously and are demonstrably false. ” He contradicts the allegations. The matter is now in the hands of his lawyers.