The Hollywood Reporter
newspaper
publishes a list of testimonies that accuse
Scott Rudin
, one of the most important producers in Hollywood and Broadway, of
violently treating his employees and co
-workers.
The article details that the producer of films such as
The Social Network
,
No Country for Old Men
and
The Truman Show
broke a computer by
hitting it against the hand of an attendant
who was unable to reserve a seat in full flight and, on another occasion, threw a glass container to an employee during a meeting.
"This story just scratches the surface of all
of
Scott Rudin's
sexist, racist and abusive
behavior
,
" producer
Megan Ellison
(
Her
), who worked with
Rudin
on
True Grit
, said on Twitter
.
Rudin
is one of the most powerful men in the entertainment industry, both in the world of cinema and in theater.
His projects have accumulated
151 Oscar nominations
, with 23 victories, and have also been decorated at the
Emmy, Tony and Golden Globe Awards
.
But at a time when Hollywood is examining its power dynamics, and after the fall of other heavy hitters like
Harvey Weinstein
,
Rudin is being singled
out by various workers
as responsible for a toxic and violent work culture.
"Every day was grueling and horrible," summarized
Ryan Nelson
, who served as the producer's executive assistant between 2018 and 2019. The former employee described
14-hour workdays
that forced several employees to sleep in the office, where he saw his boss throwing a stapler and calling a colleague "retarded".
Another of the former workers,
Caroline Rugo
, confirmed Nelson's words and added that she witnessed how the producer threw a glass container at an employee, who had to be treated for a panic attack.
According to a third former assistant,
Andrew Coles
,
Rudin
went further in 2012 and hit a colleague's hand until he made it bleed because he could not buy a ticket for a specific flight, as it was full, after which he had to be treated in the emergency room .
"There were the guys who slept in the office, the ones with the hair falling out and the guys who developed ulcers. It was a very intense environment, but that was different. It
reached a new level of insanity,
" Coles said.
For years the Hollywood press has described the decorated producer as a person of strong character.
The Hollywood Reporter
called him "the most feared man in town" in 2010, and
Rudin
himself
boasted of having made 119 attendees resign in an article
The Wall Street Journal
published in 2005.
So far no charges have been brought against
Rudin
and his team has also not commented on the allegations.
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