Hollywood harassment scandal spreads to Warner Bros collaborator Brett Ratner
Los Angeles — Brett Ratner, the film producer who backed a key financing deal with Warner Bros, said he would step back from dealings with studio in light of allegations of sexual harassment. Six women, including actresses Olivia Munn and Natasha Henstridge, told the Los Angeles Times that Ratner had sexually harassed or assaulted them. Through his stake in RatPac-Dune Entertainment, Ratner had a deal to finance as many as 75 of the Hollywood studio’s biggest titles, including this year’s blockbuster, Wonder Woman. RatPac-Dune investors have included investor Len Blavatnik and, until earlier this year, US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin. "I am choosing to personally step away from all Warner Bros-related activities," Ratner, who has denied the allegations, said in an e-mailed statement from the office of his lawyer Martin Singer. "I don’t want to have any possible negative impact to the studio until these personal issues are resolved." The filmmaker is the latest to be accused in ...
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