New York Daily News

‘Atomic Blonde’ producer probe

- Nicole Bitette

“ATOMIC BLONDE” producer David Guillod is reportedly under investigat­ion by the Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Office over accusation­s he raped a former employee in 2014.

Guillod — who stepped down as co-CEO of Primary Wave Entertainm­ent last month after actress Jessica Barth accused him of rape — allegedly raped an assistant at a company retreat in wine country, according to The Wrap.

The woman reported she was raped to police last month and said she left the company after the incident, was paid $60,000 and signed a nondisclos­ure agreement, sources told The Wrap.

“Consent was not possible. It was beyond that,” a friend and fellow former employee who attended the retreat told The Wrap. “She just started bawling and was like, ‘I think I had sex.’ It was so clear that this had not been consensual.”

“We reiterate our absolute denial of any criminal conduct committed by Mr. Guillod, and all of the allegation­s made have been proactivel­y investigat­ed by Mr. Guillod’s defense team,” Guillod’s attorney said in a statement to The Wrap.

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