Note: This article discusses instances of sexual assault.
Members of the Academy receive exclusive screeners of undistributed films vying for a nomination.
A U.S. District Judge ordered Caridi to pay $300,000 to each studio.
“Who the hell knew he was gonna put ‘em on the internet?”
Caridi lamented to the Hollywood Reporter.
“I had no idea.
I was duped.”
He died in 2019.
Gere was hit with his two-decades-long ban shortly thereafter.
However, the ban was not enforced.
The Academy even asked Gere to reprise his role as presenter in 2013.
Although Weinstein initially denied the accusations, he eventually turned himself in to New York police in May 2018.
He was ultimately found guilty of first- and third-degree rape and sentenced to 23 years in prison.
In 2022, the announcement ofWeinstein’s eligibility to appeal his charges had social media in an uproar.
Weinstein was serving his sentence at a medium-security state prison in New York.
If you or anyone you know has been a victim of sexual assault, help is available.
Visit theRape, Abuse & Incest National connection websiteor contact RAINN’s National Helpline at 1-800-656-HOPE (4673).
Bill Cosby
One year after Harvey Weinstein’s fall from grace, Bill Cosby followed suit.
More than 50 women alleged Cosby had either drugged them, sexually assaulted them, or both.
On April 26, 2018, the once-beloved actor was convicted of three counts of aggravated indecent assault.
Cosby never commented on his expulsion.
Cosby’s lifetime ban from the Academy, however, is still in effect.
Polanski continued his directorial career overseas, even receiving an Oscar for “The Pianist” in 2003.
Polanski’s official expulsion took place 15 years later.
I went to jail."
A judge upheld the expulsion.
Kimmel was forced to do 10 days of community service and serve ten years on probation.
He was also placed on the sex offender registry.
